[Haskell-cafe] SSL support for hackage and cabal

[Johan Tibell]

True. Although to be honest I want something true and tested when it comes
to crypto.

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Scott Lawrence <bytbox at gmail.com> wrote:

> I believe tls and tls-extra (http://hackage.haskell.org/package/tls-1.1.5)
> satisfy those requirements, being pure haskell.
>
>
> On Sat, 2 Nov 2013, Johan Tibell wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Eli Frey <eli.lee.frey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I am also concerned that cabal does not have support for SSL, but hackage
>>> must come first and at least then a sufficiently paranoid person can
>>> download their packages over https and ad them to their cabal sandboxes.
>>>
>>>
>> We need an SSL library that cabal can depend on. This means that it needs
>> to be cross-platform, not pull in too many other depedencies, etc. Someone
>> needs to investigate the options and perhaps write a new binding if
>> needed.
>>
>> -- Johan
>>
>>
> --
> Scott Lawrence
>
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