Bug 146147 - Download in South Africa is insecure, causing authentication problems
Summary: Download in South Africa is insecure, causing authentication problems
Status: RESOLVED NOTOURBUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.1.8.1 release
Hardware: All All
: low trivial
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Reported: 2021-12-09 13:57 UTC by Paddy Landau
Modified: 2021-12-15 16:23 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Attachments
Screenshot showing Initial download link (325.13 KB, image/png)
2021-12-09 13:57 UTC, Paddy Landau
Details
Screenshot showing resolved insecure link (55.44 KB, image/png)
2021-12-09 13:58 UTC, Paddy Landau
Details

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Description Paddy Landau 2021-12-09 13:57:04 UTC
Description:
When downloading LibreOffice from the website [1] in UK, the download is fine.

But when downloading in South Africa, the download link is insecure, which causes problems:

• Chrome refuses to download
• Edge permits the download after a warning
• It's necessary to check the SHA256 in case the download is compromised

This has been the case for a while, not just recently.


[1] https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to libreoffice.org > Download in South Africa

2. Download LibreOffice (I used Windows 64-bit, stable version)

Actual Results:
The displayed link when hovering over the Download button is secure [2] screenshot 1), but the resolved link to download is insecure [3] (screenshot 2).

[2] https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/dl/win-x86_64/7.1.8/en-GB/LibreOffice_7.1.8_Win_x64.msi

[3] http://tdf.saix.net/libreoffice/stable/7.1.8/win/x86_64/LibreOffice_7.1.8_Win_x64.msi

Expected Results:
The resolved link should be secure via https.


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Screenshot 1 shows the initial Download link.

Screenshot 2 shows the resolved link as actually downloaded from Edge.
Comment 1 Paddy Landau 2021-12-09 13:57:58 UTC
Created attachment 176835 [details]
Screenshot showing Initial download link

Screenshot showing the initial download link (at the bottom of the screen)
Comment 2 Paddy Landau 2021-12-09 13:58:35 UTC
Created attachment 176836 [details]
Screenshot showing resolved insecure link

Screenshot showing the resolved insecure link
Comment 3 Timur 2021-12-15 15:35:58 UTC
Ifyou need Https,you can manually change the mirror. 
I'll mark NotOurBug because this is not Bugzilla issue. 
Only could be Redmine, but I wouldn't say even that, some mirrors are http.

https://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/7.2.4/win/x86/LibreOffice_7.2.4_Win_x86.msi.mirrorlist
Comment 4 Paddy Landau 2021-12-15 16:23:39 UTC
(In reply to Timur from comment #3)
> Ifyou need Https,you can manually change the mirror. 
> I'll mark NotOurBug because this is not Bugzilla issue. 
> Only could be Redmine, but I wouldn't say even that, some mirrors are http.
> 
> https://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/7.2.4/win/x86/
> LibreOffice_7.2.4_Win_x86.msi.mirrorlist

@Timur — Thank you for your reply, and for the link to the mirror list.

Very few people are sufficiently technically astute to understand how to do this. It took me a while to figure out what was going on.

It is also a little worrying that the mirror in my report, saix.net, isn't even listed in the mirror list.

This reflects poorly on LibreOffice, because this is supposed to be a LibreOffice-approved list, and in today's world, nothing should be http for obvious reasons.

If this isn't directly a LibreOffice issue, whom should I report this to?