Re: svn over vpn

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 03:26:47PM +0100, Merlin Morgenstern wrote:
> my setup is like this:
> - One Root server where a cisco firewall and a susefirewall restrict
> all ports except of: http, htttps, ssh and udp port 1194

When talking about restrictions on ports, you should always be clear
which direction you are talking about, e.g. "from the server's point
of view, all incoming/outgoing connections are blocked ..."

> - XP Client running openvpn-gui
> My goal is to be only able to run subversion over VPN for security
> reasons. I do not want to open the svn port.
> In a test run I disabled the firewal and did a simple checkout on
> [3]svn://server/test
> This worked.

If it works with the firewall disabled, you will need to fix
your firewall configuration to allow connections to svnserve
through the VPN interface.

How to do this depends largely on your Linux distribution, and the way
you run OpenVPN. There should be appropriate help forums for that.
I don't think the Subversion users list is appropriate.

Good luck,
Stefan
Received on 2009-03-18 16:26:42 CET