On Sat, 2019-02-16 at 14:17 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > On Sat, 2019-02-16 at 12:22:04 +0000, peter green wrote: > > 2. Snapshot.debian.org is only offered over plain insecure http. For > > recent versions the packages can be verified against the > > Packages/Sources files which can in turn be verified with gpg but > > older versions are more problematic to verify as the relevant > > packages/sources files are only signed with 1024 bit keys or not > > signed at all. This is made worse by the fact that > > snapshot.debian.org has an API to obtain the first snapshot a > > package is available in but not any API to find the last snapshot > > it was available in. > > http://snapshot.debian.org/ is now offered over https too. Its front-page > even documents its usage as such. :) And it has HSTS, which is nice, but it is missing the redirection that's needed to make that work completely. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings When in doubt, use brute force. - Ken Thompson
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