Re: Versioning from another perspective
Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk)
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 23:00:56 +0000
Message-ID: <385EB528.F131166F@algroup.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 23:00:56 +0000
From: Ben Laurie <ben@algroup.co.uk>
To: bbum@codefab.com
CC: ietf-dav-versioning@w3.org
Subject: Re: Versioning from another perspective
Bill Bumgarner wrote:
>
> [This is off topic, but bears some relevance in that it addresses specific
> problems with the use of CVS that I would like to solve in a clean manner with
> a WebDAV based solution]
Whilst I agree with pretty much everything you say, I do feel you are
making something of a "my shovel doesn't make a particularly good
hammer" kind of complaint. However, I would dearly love to see something
that does address all these problems, so more power to your elbow. One
thing I must take issue with, though:
> - The CVS client/server support is ugly; pserver is grossly insecure in that
> it uses base64 encoded passwords to avoid sending data in clear text... but
> rsh/ssh requires the user to have a full blown login account on the server
> machine.
Not at all - we use restricted shells for CVS access. And
chroot+restricted shell for anonymous. I consider ssh+rbash to be a high
quality and secure client/server solution. If somewhat inelegant.
Cheers,
Ben.
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