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Re: Any progress with svnserve.conf encryption? (was: Re: using (or coding support for) encrypted passwords)

From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman_at_red-bean.com>
Date: 2006-12-07 21:04:37 CET

The repository didn't change in 1.4... are you talking about the
*working copy* format change?

I'm not aware of any changes in the current 1.5 (trunk) that have made
working copy changes, but I don't think we're making any promises
either about what 1.5 will be.

On 12/7/06, Dave_Thomas mailing lists <davelist@peoplemerge.com> wrote:
> I'm excited to play with SASL. But will the repository format change again
> the way that it did in 1.4? We've worked hard on triggers in java with
> svnkit. If the format changes and svnkit breaks, I could be in hot water ;]
> Dave
>
>
>
>
> On 12/7/06, Dave_Thomas mailing lists <davelist@peoplemerge.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'll take this up with my team. I don't see a problem other than the fact
> that we're going to need to move our system into production in the coming
> months. Prerelease code + production system = a bad idea.
> >
> > Any rough ETA on 1.5?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > On 12/6/06, Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@red-bean.com > wrote:
> > > Maybe Dave Thomas would like to deploy our trunk code, as an early
> > > tester of svnserve-SASL? :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > On 12/6/06, Vlad Georgescu <vgeorgescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 12/6/06, Dave_Thomas mailing lists < davelist@peoplemerge.com >
> wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I see recent active discussions. Has a SASL-enabled server been
> > > > > implemented?
> > > >
> > > > Yes, support for Cyrus SASL authentication is already integrated into
> > > > Subversion /trunk, and will hopefully make it into the next minor
> > > > release (1.5.0). Cyrus SASL supports several password-checking
> > > > mechanisms that use encrypted passwords, such as:
> > > >
> > > > - GSSAPI (Kerberos)
> > > > - authentication mechanisms that use non-plaintext secrets, such as
> > > > OTP (One-time Passwords) or SRP (Secure Remote Password)
> > > > - PAM, /etc/shadow (however this would also require SSL support,
> > > > otherwise the password _transmission_ wouldn't be secure)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Vlad
> > > >
> > > >
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