[clamav-users] https support for freshclam

[James]

On 24/12/2014 11:09, Arnaud Jacques / SecuriteInfo.com wrote:

>> What problem are you trying to solve with https?
>
> Privacy.
>
>> The data contain no secrets
>> and are freely available to any who wish to have it, so the immediate
>> effect of encryption is unneeded.
>
> Public information, but private usage.

If I connect to a clamav database download server anyone can work out 
the usage is to download a clamav database.  What is being kept private?


> True. But this is not so important, according to
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/149274/http-vs-https-performance
>
> This link is interesting too : https://www.httpvshttps.com/

http is "46% faster than HTTPS" according to the test on that page.


> My idea is not replacing HTTP with HTTPS. It is just adding support for HTTPS
> to freshclam.

Fine.  I can't see that I need it.




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