Way to make assumptions, Trent.
I can't control the fact that some repositories are SSL only. That's out of
my control.
Choosing not to use software just because the authors believe in
SSL-everywhere would be ridiculous. Even though I agree, it's not adding
any actual security.

-Toby

On Thu, 18 Jun 2015 at 11:36 Trent W. Buck <[email protected]> wrote:

> Toby Corkindale <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > I know I can use acquire::http::proxy in apt.conf.d to set a proxy
> server,
> > but this seems to make it used for both HTTPS and HTTP traffic --
> however I
> > only want to use it for HTTP traffic.
>
> Probably not helpful, but:
>
> Just don't use TLS for apt repos?
>
> What's the threat model that you're trying to address by using
> apt-transport-https ?
>
> apt's "is this package haxxed?" relies entirely on the Release file
> being signed by a GPG key in apt-key's keyring (plus a chain of
> md5/sha1/sha2-sums). So AFAICT the only gain from TLS is the ability to
> conceal (from your ISP) which packages you've downloaded.
> What am I missing?
>
>
>
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