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| From: | Glenn Morris |
| Subject: | bug#18144: Shouldn't the default package archive use HTTPS? |
| Date: | Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:03:58 -0400 |
| User-agent: | Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Steven Stewart-Gallus wrote:
> By default (in version 24.3.50.3) the value of package-archives is
> (quote (("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/";))). Setting it to use
> HTTPS seems to work fine. I think it should be the default.
See http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17625#51
> Am I missing that Emacs has some other way of authenticating downloads
> and so HTTPS is not needed?
It supposedly supports gpg signing, but it's never been properly tested AFAIK.
I don't think this report adds anything that is not covered in
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17625,
so I will close it. But thanks for the report.
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