hi, i send a bug report about apt-transport-https. when you put in sources.list deb http://username@mydomain:mypassord@ftp.myrepo/debian/ squeeze main all is ok, apt-get update or whatever works... but when you put in sources.list deb https://username@mydomain:mypassord@ftp.myrepo/debian/ squeeze main you have a host not found, and that send a dns clear request with the password: could'nt find mydopain:mypassord@ftp.myrepo host... bst regards.