Re: GNU SASL 1.9.2 testing

[Simon Josefsson]

lör 2020-12-26 klockan 21:44 +0100 skrev Bruno Haible:
> Builds and installs fine, and passes "make check", on
>   - Fedora 32
>   - FreeBSD 12.0
>   - NetBSD 12.0
>   - OpenBSD 6.7 (with "gmake", not "make")
>   - Solaris 11 OpenIndiana

Thank you for testing!

> > Here are the compressed sources of the entire package:
> >   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gsasl/gsasl-1.9.2.tar.gz
> >   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gsasl/gsasl-1.9.2.tar.gz.sig (OpenPGP)
> 
> Why do you suggest a download through ftp://..., not https://... ?
> Admittedly the ftp download is 30-40% faster. But I thought that the
> FTP protocol was open to man-in-the-middle attacks, while the HTTPS
> protocol is not (or only with much higher effort for the attacker)?

No reason except legacy, I'll fix it for the next pre-release.

/Simon

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