Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Securing portage --- an OpenBSD approach
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 15:16:36
Message-Id: 200411131616.14531.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] Securing portage --- an OpenBSD approach by James Larkby-Lahet
1 On Friday 12 November 2004 17:16, James Larkby-Lahet wrote:
2 > as opposed to Stunnel , won't a simple 'rsync -e ssh' suffice?
3 > those who want to can use ssh, others can use the default, rsh
4 > <shudders>
5 > or, if you start the server with one, will it not respond to the other?
6
7 I don't think that you actually want to offer an account to all users of the
8 mirror. Also current rsync does not use rsh, but uses the rsync server. The
9 use of ssl (stunnel) is ortogonal to that, ssh is ortogonal to rsh.
10
11 Paul
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