Subject: Re: [PATCH] add instructions on how to send patches to the mailing list with Gmail

From: Fredrik Skolmli <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 16:01:00 +0100

On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 10:10:06AM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote:

> > > Warning: It is not secure.
> > 
> > It is true that the certificate is not verified, but since the patches
> > are destined for a public mailing list, this does not represent a
> > large problem.
> 
> What he means is that the password is cleartext ;)
> (I think)

The way I read and understand it, the issues arises if a MITM-attack takes
place.  If the client doesn't verify the certificate, an attacker can easily
get the username and password. 

So unless someone creates a separate gmail-account for submitting patches,
one should really trust the connection (ie not a public wlan), or verify the
certificate before transmitting the password.

-- 
Kind regards,
Fredrik Skolmli