Subject: Re: Any point to cvs using rsh? (was Re: Anoncvs pointer)
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.de>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/13/2002 11:20:56
[ On Friday, December 13, 2002 at 15:10:10 (+0000), Matthias Scheler wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Any point to cvs using rsh? (was Re: Anoncvs pointer)
>
> In article <20021213145025.96999.qmail@web41201.mail.yahoo.com>,
> Gary Thorpe <gathorpe79@yahoo.com> writes:
> > Why should ssh be necessary for anoncvs (i.e. what I assume to be an
> > anonymous, passwordless, open-to-the-public service)?
>
> Because you want to make sure that you get your new sources from the
> real NetBSD anonymous CVS server and not some other server. SSH's
> host key management system will take care of that.
and so then you'll be getting rid of the FTP server too, right? :-)
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