The change in maven to reject `http://` (non-tls secured http) was as a
result of a CVE.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26291

I think we should encourage proper use of `https://` (secured TLS http)
from here on out within all Eclipse projects using maven.

- Joakim

On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 10:23 AM Mikael Barbero <
mikael.barb...@eclipse-foundation.org> wrote:

> (cross posted to cross-projects issues).
>
> There is a breaking change in Maven 3.8.1: it blocks non TLS repositories.
> If you have plain http URL in your pom.xml to reference external
> repositories, you may see errors like
>
> Could not transfer artifact 
> org.jboss.tools.tycho-plugins:repository-utils:pom:1.7.0 from/to 
> maven-default-http-blocker (http://0.0.0.0/): Blocked mirror for 
> repositories: [jboss-public-repository-group 
> (http://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/groups/public/, default, 
> releases+snapshots)]
>
> (from https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=574364)
>
> The solution is easy: switch to https:// scheme in your pom.xml, most
> public maven repositories are available via TLS.
>
> Thanks.
>
> *Mikaël Barbero *
> *Manager — Release Engineering and Technology | Eclipse Foundation*
> 🐦 @mikbarbero
> Eclipse Foundation <http://www.eclipse.org/>: The Platform for Open
> Innovation and Collaboration
>
> On 18 Jun 2021, at 08:53, Mikael Barbero <
> mikael.barb...@eclipse-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> As announced last month, apache-maven-latest has been upgraded to 3.8.1.
>
> Thanks.
>
> *Mikaël Barbero *
> *Manager — Release Engineering and Technology | Eclipse Foundation*
> 🐦 @mikbarbero
> Eclipse Foundation <http://www.eclipse.org/>: The Platform for Open
> Innovation and Collaboration
>
> On 21 May 2021, at 10:19, Mikael Barbero <
> mikael.barb...@eclipse-foundation.org> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Maven 3.8.1 has been deployed to all Jenkins instances.
>
> Note that apache-maven-latest stays at 3.6.3 for now. We will do the the
> change once upcoming 2021.06 release is done to avoid any issue with build
> script relying on latest.
>
> Version details are available at
> https://wiki.eclipse.org/Jenkins#Apache_Maven
>
> Cheers,
>
> *Mikaël Barbero *
> *Manager — Release Engineering and Technology | Eclipse Foundation*
> 🐦 @mikbarbero
> Eclipse Foundation <http://www.eclipse.org/>: The Platform for Open
> Innovation and Collaboration
>
>
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