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jaaan

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Registered: 2016-04-22

Posts: 7

Has Archlinux Archive become https-only?

Hi,

I have an Archlinux installation script that installs "snapshots" of a specific date using the Archlinux Archive. I'm using a HTTP-proxy in order to save bandwidth. Recently my script stopped working, and when I investigated, I found that http://archive.archlinux.org now redirects to https://archive.archlinux.org/. Does anybody know the reason for this switch? The packages are signed anyway, so what's the benefit of enforcing https?

Best,
Jan

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: Has Archlinux Archive become https-only?

What's the benefit of *not* using https?  There are good arguments that all web traffic should now only be over https.  I'm not well versed enough to critically evaluate those arguments, but I find them compelling and have moved every site I maintain to https only (with proper http redirects).

Is there a reason this would be a problem?  If curl is failing, either add the 's' or include "-L" in curl flags (often a good idea in scripts anyways).

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jaaan

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Registered: 2016-04-22

Posts: 7

Re: Has Archlinux Archive become https-only?

One big benefit of using plain HTTP is the ability to use a caching proxy.