[liberationtech] secure download tool - doesn't exist?!?

[Jonathan Wilkes]

On 07/01/2013 07:22 PM, Martin Uecker wrote:
> Jacob Appelbaum <jacob at appelbaum.net> wrote:
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> ...
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>> We need a secure downloading tool, we need it to be built into every OS
>> by default and until then, we'll have to rely on tricks to hack it -
>> preloading certs in browsers, having a website to download it from and
>> so on.
>>
> What we need are backwards compatible self-certifying URLs or hyperlinks,
> e.g. something like this:
>
> <a href="./mysoftware.tgz" hmac="sha1:da19d18ef86f4fb8fe8b61323806ec1764f9bf00">My software</a>
> <a href="./mysoftware.tgz#sha1:da19d18ef86f4fb8fe8b61323806ec1764f9bf00">My software</a>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_link

>
> And something similar to specify a public key.

Magnet links have a supplement format where you could put the public key.

-Jonathan

>
> This would need to be standardized and supported by all major browsers.
>
> Martin
>
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