Re: using tunnels via svnserve

On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 08:25:34PM -0000, mrparity@tigris.org wrote:
> ------- Additional comments from mrparity@tigris.org Sun Aug 1 13:25:33 -0700 2004 -------
> hello,
>
> i'm using svnserve with and without an ssh tunnel. if i use a ssh tunnel the
> user need a direct access to the db files, maybe there is a better solution.
> after the tunnel the clients have access to the repository via file:/// ...
> isn't it much better to connect after the tunnel to the localhost? if this will
> become true, there is no need of sharing the files.
>
> i could imagine this way:
>
> -------- ssh-tunnel --------
> |client|--------------->|server|
> -------- --------
> | ^
> | |
> |----|
> (connection to localhost)
>
> maybe this idea is too far from the reality, than i'm sorry for it and please
> close this issue.

We've talked about doing this before. It just hasn't been taken up by
anyone to actually implement. From my past interest in this I don't
believe that it's going to be terribly easy to add since the existing
tunnel code isn't very compatable with implementing this method of
operation.

-- 
Ben Reser <ben@reser.org>
http://ben.reser.org
"Conscience is the inner voice which warns us somebody may be looking."
- H.L. Mencken
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