Update the svn mirror list to reflect that svn.freebsd.org is

now GeoDNS-backed, and a single, official SSL certificate is
now used.

In collaboration with:	peter
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
This commit is contained in:
Glen Barber 2015-07-14 23:08:34 +00:00
parent ef904adea3
commit f73f9684c4
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=46982

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@ -617,101 +617,47 @@ Comment out for now until these can be verified.
<para>The master &os; <application>Subversion</application>
server, <systemitem
class="fqdomainname">svn.FreeBSD.org</systemitem>, is
publicly accessible, read-only. That may change in the
future, so users are encouraged to use one of the official
mirrors. To view the &os;
publicly accessible, and redirects to the closest official
mirror using GeoDNS. To view the &os;
<application>Subversion</application> repositories through a
browser, use <link
xlink:href="http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/">http://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/</link>.</para>
<note>
<para>The &os; <application>Subversion</application> mirror
network is still in its early days, and will likely change.
Do not count on this list of mirrors being static. In
particular, the <acronym>SSL</acronym> certificates of the
servers will likely change at some point.</para>
<para>The &os; <application>Subversion</application> mirrors
previously used self-signed SSL certificates documented in
this chapter. As of July 14, 2015, all mirrors now use an
official SSL certificate that will be recognized by
<application>Subversion</application> if the <filename
role="package">security/ca_root_nss</filename> port is
installed. The legacy self-signed certificates are still
available, but are now considered deprecated.</para>
</note>
<para>For those without the <filename
role="package">security/ca_root_nss</filename> port
installed, the SHA1 and SHA256 fingerprints are:</para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="4">
<colspec colwidth="3*"/>
<tgroup cols="2">
<colspec colwidth="1*"/>
<colspec colwidth="1*"/>
<colspec colwidth="2*"/>
<colspec colwidth="10*"/>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Protocols</entry>
<entry>Location</entry>
<entry><acronym>SSL</acronym> Fingerprint</entry>
<entry>Hash</entry>
<entry>Fingerprint</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><systemitem
class="fqdomainname">svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org</systemitem></entry>
<entry><literal>svn</literal>, <link
xlink:href="http://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>http</literal></link>,
<link
xlink:href="https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>https</literal></link></entry>
<entry>USA, California</entry>
<entry>SHA1
<literal>1C:BD:85:95:11:9F:EB:75:A5:4B:C8:A3:FE:08:E4:02:73:06:1E:61</literal></entry>
<entry>SHA1</entry>
<entry><literal>E9:37:73:80:B5:32:1B:93:92:94:98:17:59:F0:FA:A2:5F:1E:DE:B9</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><systemitem
class="fqdomainname">svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org</systemitem></entry>
<entry><literal>svn</literal>, <link
xlink:href="http://svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>http</literal></link>,
<link
xlink:href="https://svn0.us-east.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>https</literal></link>,
<literal>rsync</literal></entry>
<entry>USA, New Jersey</entry>
<entry>SHA1
<literal>1C:BD:85:95:11:9F:EB:75:A5:4B:C8:A3:FE:08:E4:02:73:06:1E:61</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><systemitem
class="fqdomainname">svn0.eu.FreeBSD.org</systemitem></entry>
<entry><literal>svn</literal>, <link
xlink:href="http://svn0.eu.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>http</literal></link>,
<link
xlink:href="https://svn0.eu.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>https</literal></link>,
<literal>rsync</literal></entry>
<entry>Europe, UK</entry>
<entry>SHA1
<literal>1C:BD:85:95:11:9F:EB:75:A5:4B:C8:A3:FE:08:E4:02:73:06:1E:61</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><systemitem
class="fqdomainname">svn0.ru.FreeBSD.org</systemitem></entry>
<entry><literal>svn</literal>, <link
xlink:href="http://svn0.ru.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>http</literal></link>,
<link
xlink:href="https://svn0.ru.FreeBSD.org/"><literal>https</literal></link>,
<literal>rsync</literal></entry>
<entry>Russia, Moscow</entry>
<entry>SHA1
<literal>F6:44:AA:B9:03:89:0E:3E:8C:4D:4D:14:F0:27:E6:C7:C1:8B:17:C5</literal></entry>
<entry>SHA256</entry>
<entry><literal>D5:27:1C:B6:55:E6:A8:7D:48:D5:0C:F0:DA:9D:51:60:D7:42:6A:F2:05:F1:8A:47:BE:78:A1:3A:72:06:92:60</literal></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
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middle</quote> attack) or otherwise trying to send bad
content to the end user.</para>
<para xml:id="svn-mirrors-fingerprint">On the first connection
to an <acronym>HTTPS</acronym> mirror, the user will be asked
to verify the server <emphasis>fingerprint</emphasis>:</para>
<screen>Error validating server certificate for 'https://svn0.us-west.freebsd.org:443':
- The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the
fingerprint to validate the certificate manually!
- The certificate hostname does not match.
Certificate information:
- Hostname: svnmir.ysv.FreeBSD.org
- Valid: from Jul 29 22:01:21 2013 GMT until Dec 13 22:01:21 2040 GMT
- Issuer: clusteradm, FreeBSD.org, (null), CA, US (clusteradm@FreeBSD.org)
- Fingerprint: 1C:BD:85:95:11:9F:EB:75:A5:4B:C8:A3:FE:08:E4:02:73:06:1E:61
(R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently?</screen>
<para>Compare the fingerprint shown to those listed in the table
above. If the fingerprint matches, the server security
certificate can be accepted temporarily or permanently. A
temporary certificate will expire after a single session with
the server, and the verification step will be repeated on the
next connection. Accepting the certificate permanently will
store the authentication credentials in
<filename>~/.subversion/auth/</filename> and the user will not
be asked to verify the fingerprint again until the certificate
expires.</para>
<para>If <literal>https</literal> cannot be used due to firewall
or other problems, <literal>svn</literal> is the next choice,
with slightly faster transfers. When neither can be used, use