[systemd-devel] Adding USB ID to hwdb/usb.ids

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Wed Jun 2 21:11:37 UTC 2021



Am 02.06.21 um 16:39 schrieb Greg KH:
> On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 03:48:41PM +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>>
>> Am 02.06.21 um 07:04 schrieb Greg KH:
>>> On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 09:38:37PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote:
>>>> Am Di., 1. Juni 2021 um 20:44 Uhr schrieb Greg KH <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>:
>>>>> Works for me!  Make sure you are not trying to connect to 'https'.
>>>>
>>>> No https? Why?
>>>
>>> Because why would serving up text files about this topic requires https?
>>
>> sorry, but we have 2021
>>
>> * non-https is a warning in most browsers
>> * certifictes are free and automated these days
>> * https is not only about encryption
>>
>> the point of https is
>>
>> a) you are connected to the host you think
>> b) no manipulation on the wire
>>
>> the encryption is not really the point
> 
> Then don't connect to the site if you don't want the data there

and how is that an argument given that the world is since 2018/2019 
practically https only?

> Trying
> to tell others what to do with their spare time in maintaining a
> resource for all operating systems to use is a bit, well, you know...
> 
> greg "i am a horrible sysadmin" k-h
i better don't comment that given that certbot and tons of other 
solutions are there for years with no costs and 100% automation scaling 
for 1, 10 or 1000 vhosts


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