0004743: Sources.list unreachable error due to http and not https

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0004743	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2018-05-04 19:21	2018-05-04 20:18

Reporter	jjscheerer	Assigned To	muts
Priority	normal	Severity	tweak	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	2018.1

Summary	0004743: Sources.list unreachable error due to http and not https
Description	When updating/upgrading using the VMWare image, Kali Linux Vm 64 Bit [Zip], the process gets hung on "Get:368 http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 mimikatz all 2.1.1-20180502-0kali1 [662 kB]." Updating the sources.list to httpS resolves the issue.
Steps To Reproduce	Download the latest VMWare 64 bit zip image, hash 4c99418c8e1abfe2c924e0a5f5bb9464637ad8b49ff79a92ef7aa7540e302368, and run the apt update && upgrade command.
Additional Information	Editing the sources.list line deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib to deb https://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib resolves the issue.
Attached Files	2 Screen Shot 2018-05-04 at 12.09.21 PM.png (1,838,808 bytes)

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2018-05-04 19:21	jjscheerer	New Issue
2018-05-04 19:21	jjscheerer	File Added: 2 Screen Shot 2018-05-04 at 12.09.21 PM.png
2018-05-04 20:18	muts	Assigned To	=> muts
2018-05-04 20:18	muts	Status	new => closed
2018-05-04 20:18	muts	Resolution	open => no change required
2018-05-04 20:18	muts	Note Added: 0009099

muts 2018-05-04 20:18 reporter ~0009099	Sounds like your traffic is being filtered by an AV proxy which is killing certain packages in transit. Nothing we can do about this unfortunately, try using a vpn or check with your upstream provider.