Anton

On 8/24/19 11:51 AM, Anton Shepelev wrote:
Many https: links no longer work for me in Windows XP.  Is
there any reason for providing public software via HTTPS?

Yes, as otherwise a man-in-the-middle attack could give you a version of vim with malware inserted.

You may find wget (https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/faq.html#download) useful for ftp simplicity retrieving http and https URLs.

 - George

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