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it is just a link to documentation
by radiator 3mo ago
it is just a link to documentation
- Retr0id 3mo agoTLS certs are freeeeee
- radiator 3mo agoJudging from this very release, where he implemented support for page-level checksums and encryption for LMBD, I assume the author knows a thing or two about encryption. He probably then deemed it unnecessary for this specific website.
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- Retr0id 3mo agoCryptography engineers are not excluded from being lazy sysadmins.
- radiator 3mo agoWhat do you mean "lazy"? I thought you said TLS certs were free. Do you mean they cost something after all? Time, for example? Anyway, of course in case you feel the website is a risk, you should refrain from using it. Safety comes first.
- hyc_symas 3mo agoIndeed, there's no need to use the doc website. There's nothing there that isn't embedded in the LMDB source code. All of the docs are generated from doxygen comments in the source.
- jayct 3mo agothat could easily be trojan-horsed with links to malware if you are viewing it in a poorly secured setting (like public wifi), because you can't verify the origin. so the best we can say about the author is that we are getting inconsistent signals on how seriously they understand and implement security concerns. so better review that code carefully before use, rather than assuming their expertise from release notes.
- hyc_symas 3mo agoIf you're downloading binaries from a plaintext documentation site, I think that's on you.
- ccapitalK 3mo agoObligatory https://doesmysiteneedhttps.com/ https://doesmysiteneedhttps.com/