[liberationtech] Signed HTTP

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I am super dumb bit couldn't this be pulled off by having the httpd send a
signed header? Then even a plugin could add support.

Travis McCrea +1(206)552*8728
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being sent from my mobile.
On Mar 11, 2014 8:41 AM, "Steve Schultze" <sjschultze at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> A couple of years ago, I did some limited research on signed (but not
> encrypted) HTTP responses. I discovered that although it had been
> considered briefly by a few folks in the past, it never went anywhere. This
> continues to be surprising to me, given the ever increasing need to mirror
> content for a variety of reasons. Has anyone on the list thought about
> this? It seems that out community has a particularly strong case for such a
> thing.
>
> We sign software packages and emails. Why not http results? Ideally this
> would call for an IETF standard implemented in the major http servers,
> using certs already installed for https (if that is technically
> possible...  I haven't thought through the crypto).
>
> Steve
>
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