Debian HTTPS mirrors

[Thomas Charron]

On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Thomas Charron <twaffle at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Actually, the machine I'm attempting to build a debian system on in
>> order to do embedded diab builds only has access to https.
>  In my experience, there's a good chance it actually has access to
> more than just HTTP-over-SSL: It likely has access to anything on
> TCP/443.  So run a regular HTTP listener on port 443, and save
> yourself some CPU burden.  :)
>  (Some filters actually verify protocol, not just TCP port number,
> but they're in the minority.)

  Thanks, but in this case, the checkpoint firewall is working
'correctly'.  When that is tried, I end up with a pretty brief
'Checkpoint denied.  Bugger off'.  :-D

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-- Thomas