include SHA1/MD5 hash/digest of setup.exe, and use HTTPS

[Christopher Faylor]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 01:04:52AM -0700, Bry8 Star wrote:
>Is "cygwin.com" domain DNSSEC signed yet ?
>
>can "setup.exe" be able to re-programmed to connect with dnssec signed
>cygwin.com (by using a builtin dnssec supported basic dns resolver) ?
>and can also be made to use the pre-included self-signed cert's key for
>a secured & encrypted connections (for obtaining just the
>digest/has-list of all supported/included packs) ? ?

If you want to familiarize yourself with setup.exe and are interested
in actually doing some work, then you could start here:

http://sourceware.org/cygwin-apps/setup.html

Since this is a free software (rather than insist software or beg software)
project you can always try offering patches.  In this case, it probably
would be best to get buy-in for any changes by first discussing them in
the cygwin-apps mailing list.

Also, if you read the topic for the #cygwin channel, it should be pretty
clear that it isn't really an official support channel.  Only a couple of
package maintainers hang out there.

cgf

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