[Sussex] CVS

[Colin Tuckley]

Steve Dobson wrote:

> Well given that the CVS protocol transmits the passwords in plain text
> and SMB can be configured not to I am guessing SMB is the more secure
> of the two (if configured correctly).

A better method is to configure CVS to use SSH as it's external transport 
protocol (a matter of setting one environment var and adding :ext: to the 
front of the repository id). Then once you have generated and installed the 
keys it will be secure and won't require the user to log in manually every time.

This has the side effect of making all the file transfers secure as well.

regards,

Colin

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