https by default #198
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Using http:// for APT repositories by default made sense for Debian and debos years ago for client performance, server load and caching friendliness, but it compromised privacy and can be seen under a bad light when looking at it from a cybersecurity standpoint. Change the default Debian mirror (deb.debian.org) from http to https. Signed-off-by: Loïc Minier <[email protected]>
Use https instead of http for the Debian mirror when creating build chroots. Signed-off-by: Loïc Minier <[email protected]>
This typically won't help for caching, but is symetric to http proxy handling and can help with connectivity. Signed-off-by: Loïc Minier <[email protected]>
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I'm OK with shipping sources.list with https, but can we continue to use plain http for development and testing please? Otherwise caching becomes impossible. |
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(which is going to slow down development iterations massively) |
Test jobs for commit 8b58150 |
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I understand this will be more of a pain to implement whatever we do. The best I can think of is to parameterise whether we want http or https, perhaps default to https for safety, allow the developer to override for local builds, and maybe add some tests to ensure that there are no plain http:// in sources.list at the end. |
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Review http vs https usage in the project and use https where it makes sense.
This is particularly important in the context of compliance as http:// might be seen as insecure, or at least lacking confidentiality.