China, GitHub, and the Man In The Middle

[Christopher Browne]

A *very* interesting article that points to how the increasing use of
HTTPS makes it rather a lot more difficult for would-be interfering
intermediaries such as the Chinese government.
https://en.greatfire.org/blog/2013/jan/china-github-and-man-middle

That GitHub uses HTTPS means that, to control their peoples' access to
GitHub, the choices are:

a) Block GitHub altogether,
b) Give up, or
c) Try to insinuate a certificate into place so as to be Man In The Middle.

None of these are particularly palatable, acceptable, or usable.
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