Re: ssh based access?

Julian Fitzell <julian@beta4.com> writes:
> > "Much the same effect" might not be sufficient for some people. There
> > are a lot of people who are really used to using ssh.
>
> But all those people are also really used to using CVS. If they're
> going to switch version control systems, surely the secure connection
> mechanism is secondary?

Not at all. Among other things, ssh handles authentication with public
keys very nicely. Doing that with SSL requires certificates and CAs --
ssh does not. People have ssh infrastructures in place and are not
necessarily happy about being asked to change everything around. There
are also firewall issues.

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