Yeah, more security and privacy, because Linux Audio packages are constantly attacked by enemies :D
On Nov 21, 2017 06:44, "Ralf Mardorf" <ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 02:54:14 +0100, David Runge wrote: > >Would it be possible to implement letsencrypt for linuxaudio.org and > >all of its subdomains? > >This would greatly improve the security of the packages hosted there > >(or rather their transfer from the server to the build machine) and > >help for said packages not to be dropped, as more and more distros try > >to switch to more reliable and authenticatable (is that a word?) > >upstreams. > > Hi, > > for security reasons developers should consider to provide signed > checksums, as fortunately e.g. > https://www.kernel.org/category/signatures.html does. This was > discussed at e.g. Arch general. > > >Additionally, there is the benefit of raising privacy for users of all > >things hosted on linuxaudio.org. > > Not that much, since even when additionally using TOR, privacy isn't > ensured without exceptions, > https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#AttacksOnOnionRouting . > > Regards, > Ralf > > -- > $ pacman -Q linux{,-rt{,-cornflower,-pussytoes}}|awk '{print $2}' > 4.14-2 > 4.13.13_rt5-1 > 4.11.12_rt16-1 > 4.14_rt1-1 > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org > https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev >
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