Subject: Re: Anon cvs access to pkgsrc
To: Anders Dinsen <anders@dinsen.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/12/2000 21:15:35
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 11:13:29PM +0100, Anders Dinsen wrote:
> Are there any advantages over using basic pserver? For real CVS access,
> yes (security), but anoncvs should'nt require much of that?

Some places only allow a few things to go out. pserver may be denied where ssh
is allowed ...
Also ssh will crypt/check the transfer so if you think someone could
play a 'man in the middle' attack to give you bad sources this can
help.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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