Re: [tor-talk] Problem about Tor website

[SiNA Rabbani <sina@xxxxxxxxxx>]

If you download from http, then there is nothing protecting you from
downloading modified, malware inserted binaries. HTTPS is providing
confidentiality and authentication. Of course you want to verify signatures
once you download from HTTPS not HTTP.

There are curious eyes everywhere, use encryption to protect yourself ;)

--SiNA
On Feb 23, 2013 3:26 PM, "k e bera" <keb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:21:18 -0500
> Andrew Lewman <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:03:17 +0900
> > Nam Su <namfree123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I know Tor http website redirects Https version website but http site
> > > couldn't open or slowly than Tor connection.
> > >
> > > Is it government's sensor?
> >
> > http://torproject.org redirects to https://www.torproject.org
> > automatically on our webservers. If you cannot get to torproject.org,
> > likely someone is censoring you.
>
> The question may also have been: Why does Tor Project not offer
> unencrypted duplicate content over HTTP, for those users not allowed to
> connect to port 443 or setup SSL connections?
>
> For example a user might want to download the TorBrowserBundle which would
> enable them to circumvent the censorship from that point onwards.
>
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