Re: Subversion product/security question

Debbie Laubacher wrote:
>> Hi there – one of my developers showed me an article in Practical Web
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>> Design magazine that references your site/product for file source
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>> control.
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>>
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>> From what I have read, it appears that our files would be stored on a
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>> server in your location and we would do checkin/out from the
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>> repository. Is this true? If so, are our files protected so only
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>> individuals from our company can access them? Have you experienced
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>> any flaws with the system whereby other individuals have been able to
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>> get into files that they shouldn’t have access to?

If you use https:// or svn+ssh:// and add the appropriate directory access
control, then no, people cannot get the files from the Subversion server that
they do not have rights to.

Files checked out into a desktop/laptop need to be protected using the
filesystem's access control.

Regards,
Blair

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Blair Zajac, Ph.D.
CTO, OrcaWare Technologies
<blair@orcaware.com>
Subversion training, consulting and support
http://www.orcaware.com/svn/
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