http subversion URLs should be discontinued in favor of https URLs

[Shawn Webb]

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 03:08:37PM -0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> On 2017-12-08, Luke Crooks <luke at solentwholesale.com> wrote:
> 
> > The pull request was rejected for a valid reason, offering http allows
> > users with limited network access chance to clone or download freebsd where
> > https is not possible.
> 
> Do users actually exist who have access to http but not to https?
> Or is this a myth?  And how do these users access popular sites
> like Wikipedia, or www.FreeBSD.org for that matter?

In an effort to enforce encrypted comms, my network is the inverse:
TCP:80 is disallowed, but TCP:443 is accepted.

Thanks,

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Shawn Webb
Cofounder and Security Engineer
HardenedBSD

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