Re: [gentoo-user] Is there a way to automate rsync of updated portage tree across multiple boxes without each having to pull it down from a gentoo mirror

[Neil Bothwick]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:29:59 +0200 (CEST), Vaeth wrote:

> > > What wrong with running an rsync
> > > server with a suitable "host allow" in the config? That would allow
> > > local connections only without the need for passwords or keys.
> >
> > That is indeed the preferred way
>
> It is much more dangerous than the ssh approach: It is not so hard to
> fake an IP (unless you local net ist physically separated) but it is
> close to impossible to fake an ssh key without compromising the machine
> holding it.

Leaving aside the difficulties of faking a LAN IP from the public side
of the router, or even the fact that the router may have the rsync ports
closed, what is so secret about the contents of the portage tree?


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