: It would also be a great way to create all sorts of horrible stuff.
: Discounting patches that actually change program behaviour, you are
: aware that neither DNS, HTTP or FTP is secure, where the last two are
: particularly insecure if the first is controlled? (I.e. ftp.openbsd.org
: could point anywhere.)

Downloading patches manualy via browser creates the same problems. It
would make no difference.

-steffen