[mosh-devel] Checking for updates

[Peter Jeremy]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Dan Mahoney, System Admin
<danm at prime.gushi.org> wrote:
> Would it be possible to have mosh (from the command line) periodically
> check some server somewhere (perhaps a DNS TXT record or something
> similar) for available updates?

I don't like the idea of mosh automatically doing network checks but I
think the idea of a TXT record or a parseable HTML page that reports the
current stable mosh version could be useful.

On 2016-Jun-09 09:01:33 +1200, Daniel <kyhwana at gmail.com> wrote:
>if mosh implemented an update check it should be done securely, via HTTPS etc.
>(See the big kerfluffle going on atm with keepass not doing secure
>updates/checking etc)

DNSSEC could provide security and HTTPS etc don't work without DNS so
having a DNS TXT record that reports the current version of mosh is
reasonable.

-- 
Peter Jeremy
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