Re: git:// protocol over SSL/TLS

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Yeah, i understand this. We can not protect self from every single
possible attack..

On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 10:26 PM, Bernhard R. Link
<brl+git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * Sergey Sharybin <sergey.vfx@xxxxxxxxx> [131227 15:25]:
>> Security in this case is about being sure everyone gets exactly the
>> same repository as stored on the server, without any modifications to
>> the sources cased by MITM.
>
> Note that ssl (and thus https) only helps here against a resource-less
> man-in-the-middle. Getting catch-all CA-signed certificates is said to
> no longer available to everyone as easily as it was some years ago, but
> unless you allow only one private CA (and even there clients often fail)
> you still should assume everyone resourceful enough to still be able to
> do MITM.
>
>         Bernhard R. Link



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