---
id: 99
title: "Kali Linux Repository HTTPS Support"
source_domain: kali.org
source_url: "https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-repository-https-support/"
published_at: "2017-04-24T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["apt", "kali-linux", "infrastructure", "https", "repository", "mirror", "gpg"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/99"
lang: en
---

# Kali Linux Repository HTTPS Support

## Summary

Kali enables HTTPS on its mirror redirector and package repositories, noting encrypted apt adds little security when images are GPG verified and may slow downloads since some mirrors lack HTTPS.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** kali.org
- **Published:** 2017-04-24T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-repository-https-support/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/99