I responded to this question in the other email that submitted the patch.

> On 19 Jan 2019, at 17:19, Peter Müller <peter.mueller(a)link38.eu> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> looking at https://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire-2.x.git;a=commit;h=271bac39a0b2999c843a5ec580438230d5398c74 ,
> I observer the download URL of the GeoIP database being HTTP.
> 
> Could somebody make this into HTTPS before we close Core Update 127?
> Should I send in a patch for this?
> 
> We used HTTPS for quite a while in the past and as far as I am concerned,
> it worked well.
> 
> Thanks, and best regards,
> Peter Müller
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