[Monotone-devel] Transport encryption - HTTPS?

[Jon Bright]

Hi,

I didn't want to run through the transport encryption thread finding a 
place to jump in with the suggestion, so here's a standalone mail.

It occurs to me that through the use of HTTP authentication, HTTPS and 
Nathaniel's recent Python script for syncing via HTTP, it should be 
possible to completely move the "is the server really the person they 
say they are" and "please encrypt my synchronisation traffic" issues 
completely outside of Monotone.

I'm not necessarily saying that it's desirable to solve these problems 
this way, but it should (given Nathaniel's Python script working) work 
without any additional developer time being taken for it now.  Closer, 
nicer integration could then be undertaken later when more pressing 
issues have been dealt with.

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Jon Bright
Silicon Circus Ltd.
http://www.siliconcircus.com