On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 3:20 PM happynumnums via Cygwin
<cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> When looking for the latest Cygwin installer, I came across two different 
> domains.
>
> One insecure:
> http://cygwin.org/
>
> and one secure:
> https://cygwin.net/
>
> When checking the downloaded latest 3.4.6 installer with sha512sum.exe, I get 
> differing checksums from the executables from both websites:
>
> an unexpected checksum (from first site)
> 787c46173f5f91d350d31053f09d2bc18e1a80907a9f571f905fa7579cd2fa7b2502337da57aa70a5c8c4209a365f3604cee3c8ffe6c451b397986ddf17eea14
>
> and the expected checksum from the 2nd site (as printed on both pages):
> 4779bead277ba7e682212ed3b1c9c2a56f9b15586dc2db3949556958b683b6f8a11c1c8957e1027d798281fcc98ccf12c418a609911c7e553787c88f8af86152
>
> The first file size shows 1350kB, the 2nd 1356kb.
>
> Can somebody clarify, if cygwin.org is a phishing site or otherwise explain 
> the differences?
>
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>

all sites point to the same address and all works with HTTPS
IPv4 address (8.43.85.97)

https://sitereport.netcraft.com/?url=https://cygwin.net

problem/cache in the middle ?

Regards
Marco

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