Re: svn Farm

On 10/9/10 8:39 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>
> Look, Subversion inherited its practice of storing password in
> cleartext from its ancestor, CVS. It's been an uphill battle ever
> since to wallpaper over the practice: there are enough layers of
> wallpaper, finally, that it's almost thick enough to be a wall. It's
> fixed for TortoieSVN, and svn+ssh using SSH keys can work well.

If you are going to rant, you should also point out that ssh keys without a
passphrase and agent to manage it are not really any different than a
file-stored password. If you can copy the private side of the identity key, you
can get access.

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   Les Mikesell
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