Anton
On 8/24/19 11:51 AM, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> Many https: links no longer work for me in Windows XP. Is
> there any reason for providing public software via HTTPS?
Yes, as otherwise a man-in-the-middle attack could give you a version of
vim with malware inserted.
You may find wget (https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/faq.html#download)
useful for ftp simplicity retrieving http and https URLs.
- George
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