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Re: bad access methods (was: 100% repeatable repo wedging)

From: Matthew Gregan <kinetik_at_orcon.net.nz>
Date: 2004-03-04 22:12:29 CET

On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 03:56:41PM -0500, Jim Nutt wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:40:49 -0500
> Brian Mathis <bmathis@directedge.com> wrote:

> > This brings me to the question of why are you using svn+ssh? Out of
> > the 4 access methods you have to choose from, you've chosen (IMO), the
> > 3rd most desirable one. They are, in order of desireability:
> > 1. http
> > 2. svnserve daemon
> > 3. svn+ssh
> > 4. file

> That's easy. Security. svnserve sans ssh isn't secure. https is, or
> can be, anyway, but it's not always an option.

So spend an extra five minutes during the initial svnserve configuration
and wrap svnserve up with stunnel. I can write up and post some
documentation on how to do this if anybody would find it useful.

-mjg

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