svn commit: r50522 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors

Author: gjb
Date: Wed Jul 19 19:48:38 2017
New Revision: 50522
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50522

Log:
  Purge stale information from the mirrors chapter.
  
  Submitted by:	peter
  Reviewed by:	peter
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml	Wed Jul 19 18:28:19 2017	(r50521)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.xml	Wed Jul 19 19:48:38 2017	(r50522)
@@ -352,99 +352,10 @@ This site doesn't have any products newer than 8.1 whi
 	browser, use <link
 	  xlink:href="https://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/">https://svnweb.FreeBSD.org/</link>.</para>
 
-      <note>
-	<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 <package
-	    role="port">security/ca_root_nss</package> port is
-	  installed.  The legacy self-signed certificates and server
-	  names are still available but are deprecated and no longer
-	  supported.</para>
-      </note>
-
-      <para>For those without the <package
-	  role="port">security/ca_root_nss</package> port
-	installed, the SHA1 and SHA256 fingerprints are:</para>
-
-      <informaltable>
-	<tgroup cols="2">
-	  <colspec colwidth="1*"/>
-	  <colspec colwidth="1*"/>
-	  <thead>
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>Hash</entry>
-	      <entry>Fingerprint</entry>
-	    </row>
-	  </thead>
-
-	  <tbody>
-	    <row>
-	      <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>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>
-      </informaltable>
-
-      <para><acronym>HTTPS</acronym> is the preferred protocol,
-	providing protection against another computer pretending to be
-	the &os; mirror (commonly known as a <quote>man in the
-	  middle</quote> attack) or otherwise trying to send bad
-	content to the end user.</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
-	<literal>http</literal>.</para>
-
-      <para>For those still using deprecated server names, the SHA1
-	and SHA256 fingerprints will be one of:</para>
-
-      <informaltable>
-	<tgroup cols="2">
-	  <colspec colwidth="1*"/>
-	  <colspec colwidth="1*"/>
-	  <thead>
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>Hash</entry>
-	      <entry>Fingerprint</entry>
-	    </row>
-	  </thead>
-
-	  <tbody>
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>Legacy-SHA1</entry>
-	      <entry><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>Legacy-SHA1</entry>
-	      <entry><literal>F6:44:AA:B9:03:89:0E:3E:8C:4D:4D:14:F0:27:E6:C7:C1:8B:17:C5</literal></entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>Legacy-SHA256</entry>
-	      <entry><literal>47:35:A9:09:A3:AB:FA:20:33:36:43:C5:1A:D6:E6:FB:EB:C0:C0:83:37:D4:46:9C:A0:AB:89:7F:C2:9C:4C:A3</literal></entry>
-	    </row>
-
-	    <row>
-	      <entry>Legacy-SHA256</entry>
-	      <entry><literal>48:3C:84:DB:7C:27:1B:FA:D5:0B:A0:D7:E0:4C:79:AA:A3:8E:A3:FA:84:E6:32:34:7D:EB:30:E6:11:01:CF:BE</literal></entry>
-	    </row>
-	  </tbody>
-	</tgroup>
-      </informaltable>
-
-      <para>Seeing one of these legacy certificate
-	fingerprints means it is likely that a deprecated
-	server name is being used.</para>
+      <para>HTTPS is the preferred protocol, but the
+	<filename role="package">security/ca_root_nss</filename>
+	package will need to be installed in order to automatically
+	validate certificates.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2>
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