Apt repos are like that for several reasons, one of which is that it allows DNS based mirroring without having to share a certificate. Another is that back when apt started out, HTTPS was pretty rare.
It seems like an odd choice if it’s not a mistake to put it on the first page and it’s not just a HTTP warning it’s an SSL warning that appears quite scary on Chromium browsers.
But cool to know that apt repos don’t use SSL i knew they verified via signature but fought they had both.
Torrent programs already do checking hash checksums to determine if you got it 100%
thats also the only reason to check your download with a provided hash checksum from a website… to check the intigrity of the download and not for safety reasons
Torrents verify that the data they downloaded is correct.
That doesn’t mean the data that was used to create the torrent was correct. In this case I suggested downloading via torrent (because of http) and then checking the sha from the website to verify everything matches. If it does they you’ve got a good iso!
You can download it over http and check the SHA256SUMS.
Or better yet torrent it and check the same sha256
I can’t remember if it was always like that or not, but all the apt repos are the same. No SSL and verification via signing.
Apt repos are like that for several reasons, one of which is that it allows DNS based mirroring without having to share a certificate. Another is that back when apt started out, HTTPS was pretty rare.
It’s the download link on the fort page of debian.org. Has it always been like that.
That’s incorrect there’s full SSL on deb.debian.org
It seems like an odd choice if it’s not a mistake to put it on the first page and it’s not just a HTTP warning it’s an SSL warning that appears quite scary on Chromium browsers.
But cool to know that apt repos don’t use SSL i knew they verified via signature but fought they had both.
Torrent programs already do checking hash checksums to determine if you got it 100%
thats also the only reason to check your download with a provided hash checksum from a website… to check the intigrity of the download and not for safety reasons
Torrents verify that the data they downloaded is correct.
That doesn’t mean the data that was used to create the torrent was correct. In this case I suggested downloading via torrent (because of http) and then checking the sha from the website to verify everything matches. If it does they you’ve got a good iso!