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Considering the fact that gmane.com isn't secured, both are useless from a security viewpoint. It would be easier to intercept the request http://permalink.gman
by marcus 16y ago
Considering the fact that gmane.com isn't secured, both are useless from a security viewpoint. It would be easier to intercept the request http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.announce/17 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.announce/17 and change the checksum that appears in the HTML, than to generate a new .tar.gz with the original checksum. If you can't trust that no one tampered with the checksum what good is it???
- DrSprout 16y agoQuickly checking that you have the latest release in the absence of a good network connection. Also, you can use mirrors without worrying about the mirrors being tampered with. Obviously if someone does a MITM on you against gmane you're in trouble.