[clamav-users] Why virus definition DB download url is not https?

[Al Varnell]

Each DB's integrity is protected by an embedded signature, so https adds little or nothing to security here.

-Al-

On Dec 12, 2019, at 11:45, kaifeng zeng via clamav-users <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> One of the recommended way to get the latest Virus definition DB is through the following link. Why they are not https? Thanks!
> 
> http://database.clamav.net/main.cvd <http://database.clamav.net/main.cvd>
> 
> http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd <http://database.clamav.net/daily.cvd>
> 
> http://database.clamav.net/bytecode.cvd <http://database.clamav.net/bytecode.cvd>
> 
> Kaifeng
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