[SSL Observatory] Observatory source code available via git

Daniel Kahn Gillmor dkg at fifthhorseman.net
Fri May 13 09:35:46 PDT 2011


On 05/13/2011 09:55 AM, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> As I'm sure those on this list will appreciate, the git: scheme provides
> no integrity protection.  Running the "smart" protocol over https: would
> be a better choice.

As long as you are pulling (and properly verifying) signed tags, the
git://  scheme provides entirely reasonable integrity protection.

TLS is not the only mechanism for guaranteeing data integrity.

	--dkg

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