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Re: SSL not required for setup.exe download
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 6:20 PM L A Walsh <cygwin@tlinx.org> wrote:
> >> It would be safer if http://www.cygwin.com always redirected you to
> >> https://www.cygwin.com, where the page and the link are SSL.
> >> Is there any reason not to force this redirect and close this security hole?
>
> I think the point is that if you redirect and a client can't
> speak https, what happens? Wouldn't they get an error that would
> prevent them from using the site?
I guess so. Can you name any such client?
-AC
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