Re: https access to git repo?

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Nov  2 10:32, cyg Simple wrote:
> On 11/2/2018 9:20 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> > https://cygwin.com/git.html recommends the use of git:// for accessing
> > the cygwin git repo.  However, git:// suffers from man-in-the-middle
> > attacks, in comparison to https://. ; On the other hand, performance of
> > https:// is much worse than git:// UNLESS the git server is running a
> > new enough version of git, such that it advertises
> > application/x-git-upload-pack-advertisement support.
> > 
> > Alas, the current sourceware server is running an old version of git:
> > 
> > $ wget -S
> > 'http://sourceware.org/git/newlib-cygwin.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack'
> > 2>&1 | grep Content-Type
> >   Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> > 
> > Contrast that with other git repos:
> > 
> > $ wget -S
> > 'https://repo.or.cz/qemu.git/info/refs?service=git-upload-pack' 2>&1 |
> > grep Content-Type
> >   Content-Type: application/x-git-upload-pack-advertisement
> > 
> > Is there a chance we can get sourceware to upgrade to a newer git
> > server, and then update our recommendations to point people to https://
> > clones instead of insecure git://, and without the current speed penalty
> > that current https:// access through our non-upgraded server provides?
> 
> You'll need to ask overseerers@sourceware.org.  They may have it on
> there radar already but it doesn't hurt to ask.

ACK

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer

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