Re: security question

[Noel Yap]

One other problem with pserver is that passwords are
stored "in the clear" on the users' home directories.

At least with SSH, the keys can be encrypted using a
password that the user enters either upon login or on
a per-use basis.

Noel
--- Steven Tryon <address@hidden> wrote:
> We run pserver on a machine behind a firewall and
> access with redirected
> ports with ssh.
> 
> Someone posted on this list a cookbook ssh command
> to do so...
> 
>   ssh address@hidden -L
> 2401:host.whatever.com:2401
> 
> Then set your CVSROOT to point to localhost.
> 
> Works.
> 
> Steve
> 
> On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 10:51, Phil R Lawrence wrote:
> > I saw in the docs how to set up pserver and how it
> can manage read-write 
> > permissions.  But I won't run a server without
> encryption.
> 
> -- 
> Steven Tryon, ciber @ Xerox
> Webmaster, Xerox Global Service Net
> 8*227-1898 / 585-427-1898
> 
> 
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