Re: HTTPS metadata in Mirrors.masterlist?
On 05/10/2017 10:36 AM, Axel Beckert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Bastian Blank wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 09, 2017 at 12:07:33PM +0200, Axel Beckert wrote:
>>> Peter Palfrader wrote:
>>>> Adding https just makes this a whole extra mess.
>>> As outlined in my recent mail I don't think that it's that much of an
>>> extra-effort once we track HTTPS in Mirrors.masterlist. And I
>>> especially think the gain outweighs the additional effort.
>>
>> Please describe a workflow that allows us to re-point ftp.*.debian.org at
>> will without intervention of the admin of the real system.
>
> IIRC I outlined this before: A wild card certificate for
> ftp.*.debian.org (or ftp*.*.debian.org as there are hostnames like
> ftp2.de.debian.org out there) on those DSA-controlled machines like
> kassia which work as temporary replacement.
>
In most cases those temporary replacements aren't DSA-controlled machines.
Cheers,
Julien
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