[Pidgin] #14565: Link to .asc file and offer download over TLS

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#14565: Link to .asc file and offer download over TLS
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 Reporter:  ioerror                              |       Owner:  rekkanoryo
     Type:  task                                 |      Status:  new
Milestone:                                       |   Component:
  Version:                                       |  unclassified
 Keywords:  security https tls pgp signature     |  Resolution:
  win32                                          |
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Comment (by datallah):

 SSL downloads are probably not going to happen any time soon.  The
 bandwidth requirements would be quite high, we'd lose the Sourceforge
 global mirroring, and with the GPG signatures, SSL doesn't really offer
 any security benefits.

 What we really should do is to update the download pages to link to the
 GPG signature files and add instructions on how to check the signatures of
 the downloads.

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Ticket URL: <https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/14565#comment:4>
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