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Re: 1.2 features: svn ls

From: Molle Bestefich <molle.bestefich_at_gmail.com>
Date: 2005-03-09 11:29:13 CET

Ben Reser wrote:
> Molle Bestefich wrote:
>> I can recommend another "security by obscurity"-based approach, it's
>> called password authentication :-)..
>>
>> On a more serious note, ye gods, I hope that that's not how you or
>> anybody indeed secure their repositories? Haven't played with it so I
>> know nothing about it, but isn't there some simple solution to your
>> problem that is just remotely secure?
>
> That's not what he said. He didn't imply that his other repositories
> were not password protected. What he meant was that the user didn't
> necessarily need to know they existed. This is a common situation in
> many organizations.

Yes, I understand how that is reasonable and agree completely.

What I do not understand is how this would conflict with a repository
listing feature.
I mean, if the user is logged in as himself, just show him the
repositories that you want him to know about?

Therefore I assumed that darix does not use any kind of authentication
mechanism for his users, and that's why he disagreed with having a
repository listing feature. I suggested that eg. a simple
login/password system should be put in use.

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