Re:Why does APT not use HTTPS?
by skywhopper on Monday January 21, 2019 @07:59AM
(#18960068)
None of your business.
But! As mentioned above, outside entities being able to monitor exactly which versions of which packages are being installed to which hosts is a significant security risk.
Re:Why does APT not use HTTPS?
by gnulinux on Monday January 21, 2019 @02:30PM
(#18962863)
This sort of comments aren't helpful. Switching to HTTPS will require tremendous amount of work from volunteers. You need to convince me that (1) your usecase exists (2) your usecase can be remedied with HTTPS.
But! As mentioned above, outside entities being able to monitor exactly which versions of which packages are being installed to which hosts is a significant security risk.