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bug#21238: ELPA not available over TLS
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From: |
Stefan Monnier |
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Subject: |
bug#21238: ELPA not available over TLS |
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Date: |
Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:25:07 -0400 |
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User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> Even if packages were signed and I could verify all of them, I still don't
> think it's the NSA's business which packages I've requested from ELPA.
> It would be nice if ELPA were available over TLS to provide both an
> additional level of security,
AFAIK you can already use "https://..."; addresses. This should work for
the GNU ELPA server, at least.
> and to provide an interim solution while we are waiting for
> package signing.
All GNU ELPA packages are signed and Emacs-24.5 does check them if you
have GPG installed.
Stefan