Re: Why there is no encryption if I download files from cdimage.debian.org ?
Le 03/07/2016 à 14:51, german398@ya.ru a écrit :
> When I visit cdimage.debian.org I see that connection IS encrypted. But if I, for example, try to download a torrent file and go to
> to cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.5.0/i386/bt-cd/, then out of blue connection becomes unprotected. I know that there are GPG signatures, but
> I think that it's a bit reckless anyway, what if potential attacker will notice what particular file I downloaded? For example, he saw that it was
> cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.5.0/amd64/bt-cd/debian-8.5.0-amd64-kde-CD-1.iso.torrent, so he will know that my computer is a 64-bit PC and
> it uses KDE + the latest 64-bit Debian Stable.
>
Hi
If you're concerned about being tracked by your internet traffic when
downloading the debian cds, then use tor to do the download.
After that you can setup apt-tor to avoid the same kind of tracking when
doing apt updates ( see
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/apt-transport-tor )
Emmanuel
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