[Bug 695857] Re: ssl protection not default for sensitive packages

2011-02-22 Thread Clint Byrum
janl, thanks for the response! I've forwarded the bug to ubuntu-ser...@lists.ubuntu.com for further discussion. It may be a good candidate for a future spec in Ubuntu, but I'd like to hear the wider opinion. Given that, for now I'm marking the bug as Opinion. If it looks like we will do this, we

[Bug 695857] Re: ssl protection not default for sensitive packages

2011-02-22 Thread janl
I have tried to come up with some very good solutions, but it appears that we must lay (another) burden on packagers to realize this. 1) If an authenticating web app foo is installed and SSL is not installed then "secure by default" tells us that the user should see a splash page explaining that i

[Bug 695857] Re: ssl protection not default for sensitive packages

2011-02-04 Thread Clint Byrum
Hi Janl. This is just a reminder to come back and answer the questions posed in comment #2. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695857 Title: ssl protection not default for sensitive packag

[Bug 695857] Re: ssl protection not default for sensitive packages

2011-01-03 Thread Clint Byrum
Hi janl. This makes a lot of sense, and it just needs some questions answered before it can go into the confirmed wishlist: 1) If SSL is not installed, but somebody installs webapp foo, should we then go ahead and allow it to be served via clear HTTP? SSL requires some setup and possibly acquirin

[Bug 695857] Re: ssl protection not default for sensitive packages

2011-01-03 Thread Marc Deslauriers
** Visibility changed to: Public ** This bug is no longer flagged as a security vulnerability -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695857 Title: ssl protection not default for sensitive pa