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- Subject: Re: LuaRocks search should use not luasec
- From: Sean Conner <sean@...>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 17:31:52 -0400
It was thus said that the Great Dirk Laurie once stated:
> Op Ma., 10 Sep. 2018 om 22:49 het Sean Conner <sean@conman.org> geskryf:
> >
> > It was thus said that the Great Dirk Laurie once stated:
> > > Op Ma., 10 Sep. 2018 om 19:36 het Daurnimator <quae@daurnimator.com> geskryf:
> > > >
> > > > I don't believe this is a bug report or issue, but a roundabout way to
> > > > ask question: "Why does luarocks warn that luasec isn't available if
> > > > using wget works fine?"
> > >
> > > It's actually a direct way of saying "LuaRocks search should use not luasec".
> > > I.e. not only should it not warn, it should not even test whether luasec is
> > > available. We're not transmitting any secrets or downloading any packages,
> > > it's just a search.
> >
> > There are some in the security industry who would think otherwise. Why
> > else the push for DNS over HTTPS? [1] That's just a search as well.
> >
> > -spc
> >
> > [1] http://boston.conman.org/2018/05/29.1
> >
>
> >From the blog post that you cite:
>
> > We now get to make expensive network queries during the establishment of a phone call.
>
> Seems he has the same sort of gripe as I.
Oddly enough, I have the same gripe.
-spc (So much so that I actually wrote that blog post 8-)