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Re: Bah. Subversion commit password

From: Garrett Rooney <rooneg_at_electricjellyfish.net>
Date: 2006-02-08 19:48:26 CET

On 2/8/06, Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> Why not fix up the repo to use client certificates for authentication?
> That would allow the client to administer their password since it only
> applies to encrypting their private key in their locally stored
> certificate, and the server doesn't need to know or care about passwords.

Until they lose their client cert and are in the same situation.
Seriously though, it's mainly just that it's a fair amount of effort
and we're lazy ;-)

-garrett

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