some links for downloading OpenVPN software do not use HTTPS

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rpr.nospam
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some links for downloading OpenVPN software do not use HTTPS

Post by rpr.nospam » Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:05 am

I would like to report an issue on https://openvpn.net website.

On page
https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-se ... as-sw.html
there are links for downloading OpenVPN Access Server for various platforms (RedHat, Debian, etc).

After one of the links is followed, e.g.
https://openvpn.net/index.php/access-se ... ily=Debian
you get links for downloading current version of OpenVPN Access Server for various versions of that particular OS, e.g.:
http://swupdate.openvpn.org/as/openvpn- ... 8.i386.deb
http://swupdate.openvpn.org/as/openvpn- ... amd_64.deb

The problem is that the links use HTTP instead of HTTPS, which would be much safer for downloading software.

But actually those files are available through HTTPS:
https://swupdate.openvpn.org/as/openvpn ... 8.i386.deb
https://swupdate.openvpn.org/as/openvpn ... amd_64.deb

Besides, the following page also contains some download links with HTTP instead of HTTPS:
https://openvpn.net/index.php/download/ ... loads.html

Could the web admins fix the pages so that software downloads always use HTTPS, please?

P.S. Amongst the Debian versions of OpenVPN Access Server I'd like to see Debian 9 packages added while Debian 6 could be dropped from the page as that version is outdated (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_version_history).

Regards,
-- rpr.

rpr.nospam
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Re: some links for downloading OpenVPN software do not use HTTPS

Post by rpr.nospam » Wed Jul 19, 2017 11:26 am

Why was this topic moved from "Forum & Website Support" to "Off Topic" forum? I posted the topic to "Forum & Website Support" as it is described as
All comments and questions related to the functionality of the OpenVPN web pages and forum should go here.
I'd say my question in original post is related to the functionality of OpenVPN web page.

-- rpr.

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