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Re: Google Code: Support for Mercurial and Analysis of Git and Mercurial

From
Mark Lodato <lodatom@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 30, 2009, 00:00 UTC
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
> IOW, if Git wants to expand into these user communities where the
> individual is stuck behind a corporate proxy that only permits HTTP
> "for security reasons" (but blindly winds up passing through whatever
> it gets), we need to support a more efficient HTTP protocol.

Another advantage of supporting HTTP is allowing HTTPS. SSL can take advantage of an existing PKI infrastructure, either the Internet's existing server-side certificate system, or a corporate server- and possibly client-side PKI infrastructure.

-- Mark

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Message 26 of 26 in “Google Code: Support for Mercurial and Analysis of Git and Mercurial”
  1. Christian CouderApr 26, 2009
  2. Michael WittenApr 26, 2009
  3. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2009
  4. Paolo CiarrocchiApr 26, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinApr 26, 2009
  6. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinApr 26, 2009
  8. Alex BlewittApr 26, 2009
  9. Shawn O. PearceApr 27, 2009
  10. Paolo CiarrocchiApr 26, 2009
  11. Matthias AndreeApr 26, 2009
  12. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2009
  13. Matthias AndreeApr 26, 2009
  14. Jakub NarebskiApr 26, 2009
  15. A Large Angry SCMApr 26, 2009
  16. Michael WittenApr 26, 2009
  17. Johannes SchindelinApr 26, 2009
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  19. Johannes SchindelinApr 26, 2009
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  21. James CloosApr 26, 2009
  22. Johannes SchindelinApr 26, 2009
  23. Michael WittenApr 26, 2009
  24. Miles BaderApr 26, 2009
  25. Shawn O. PearceApr 27, 2009
  26. Mark LodatoApr 30, 2009

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