Updater downloads through http instead of https

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Updater downloads through http instead of https

Postby ygoe » 09 Jul 2018 13:51

Seen in v3.0.2 on Windows 10 x64. I'm now downloading the update through the website with https.

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Re: Updater downloads through http instead of https

Postby garf » 10 Jul 2018 09:51

Hello,

as long as the new version is correctly signed (by VideoLAN), there is no security issue.

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Re: Updater downloads through http instead of https

Postby ale5000 » 10 Jul 2018 10:46

But still is a privacy issue especially if you download it from a public Wi-Fi.

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Re: Updater downloads through http instead of https

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 11 Jul 2018 10:33

But still is a privacy issue especially if you download it from a public Wi-Fi.
The fact that you download VLC???
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Re: Updater downloads through http instead of https

Postby ale5000 » 11 Jul 2018 10:58

Yes, well it is just a trivial privacy problem but switching absolutely everything to HTTPS is certainly better (hopefully now with HTTP/2, TLS 1.3 draft 28 and DNS over TLS).


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