Code Inspections in Security

Inspection	Description	Default Severity
Link with unencrypted protocol	Reports the links that use unencrypted protocols (such as HTTP), which can expose your data to man-in-the-middle attacks. These attacks are dangerous in general and may be especially harmful for artifact repositories. Use protocols with encryption, such as HTTPS, instead. See HTTPS: Difference from HTTP (wikipedia.org).	Weak warning

Inspection

Description

Default Severity

Reports the links that use unencrypted protocols (such as HTTP), which can expose your data to man-in-the-middle attacks. These attacks are dangerous in general and may be especially harmful for artifact repositories. Use protocols with encryption, such as HTTPS, instead.

See HTTPS: Difference from HTTP (wikipedia.org).

Weak warning

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