Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Vaeth <vaeth@××××××××××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: 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
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:30:21
Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.64.0809160925510.5526@wmax001.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de
1 > > What wrong with running an rsync
2 > > server with a suitable "host allow" in the config? That would allow local
3 > > connections only without the need for passwords or keys.
4 >
5 > That is indeed the preferred way
6
7 It is much more dangerous than the ssh approach: It is not so hard to
8 fake an IP (unless you local net ist physically separated) but it is
9 close to impossible to fake an ssh key without compromising the machine
10 holding it.

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