On Mon, 2009-07-06 at 09:16 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Try removing the 's' from "https://";. The mirror list isn't on a > secure server, just a regular old connection. Wrong, it's served out on both. I tried it both ways, and got the following results (see below). So the fault is something else. It makes sense to serve the mirror list securely, providing that the client actually checks the certificate properly. It makes it harder for a man-in-the-middle attack to send you to a rogue mirror with sabotaged files. http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-11&arch=i386 # repo = fedora-11 arch = i386 country = AU http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://ga14.files.bigpond.com:4040/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://ga13.files.bigpond.com:4040/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://mirror.optus.net/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://ringtail.its.monash.edu.au/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-11&arch=i386 # repo = fedora-11 arch = i386 country = AU http://ga14.files.bigpond.com:4040/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://mirror.internode.on.net/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://ga13.files.bigpond.com:4040/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://mirror.optus.net/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ http://ringtail.its.monash.edu.au/pub/fedora/linux/releases/11/Everything/i386/os/ -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
