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[Octave-task-tracker] [task #14614] [octave forge] provide more secure p
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Olaf Till |
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[Octave-task-tracker] [task #14614] [octave forge] provide more secure package download |
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Sun, 27 Aug 2017 11:56:20 -0400 (EDT) |
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Summary: [octave forge] provide more secure package download
Project: GNU Octave
Submitted by: i7tiol
Submitted on: Sun 27 Aug 2017 03:56:19 PM UTC
Should Start On: Sun 27 Aug 2017 12:00:00 AM UTC
Should be Finished on: Sun 27 Aug 2017 12:00:00 AM UTC
Category: None
Priority: 5 - Normal
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
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Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Fixed Release: None
Planned Release: None
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Details:
This is not yet well thought through.
We should think about a more secure package download, maybe a package signing
mechanism. Currently, if packages are downloaded from Sourceforge, https:// is
used. But 'pkg install -forge' uses an Octave server for redirection, thereby
only using http://.
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