Re: HTTPS

unicode.org and www.unicode.org are now available over HTTPS. E.g.
https://unicode.org/Public/10.0.0/

On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Robbert <mail_at_robbertbroersma.nl> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> For tools that rely on the Unicode database it would be great if the
> databases were available over HTTPS as well:
> https://www.unicode.org/Public/6.3.0/
>
> In addition to this it would be helpful if the archive also contains
> SHA512 checksum files for each Unicode version to verify the integrity of
> databases that have already been downloaded (over HTTP), e.g.:
>
> https://www.unicode.org/Public/6.3.0/SHA512SUMS
>
> Mozilla already offers such checksums, although unfortunately not over
> HTTPS, but they can serve as an example.
>
> http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/
> releases/27.0/SHA512SUMS
>
> I think this would improve the security of many libraries that directly
> and indirectly depend on Unicode.
>
> Kind regards,
> Robbert Broersma
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