cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors chapter.sgml

[Remko Lodder]

Xin LI wrote:
> delphij     2004-11-05 17:22:36 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD doc repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors chapter.sgml 
>   Log:
>   Add an example for how to use cvs(1) to checkout code over a ssh channel.
>   This is useful because anonymous cvs over ssh is more secure, as we can
>   identify server's identity, etc.
>   
>   TODO:   (1) More comments on why and when to use cvs over ssh;
>           (2) I think it might be a good idea to publish servers'
>               fingerprints as well for security concerns.

I think we should do that indeed, that way people can verify it. Though 
we need to be carefull that it requires updates when the fingerprint 
updates and should not forget that since that will generate potentially
a lot of questions whether the server had been breached.

>   
>   Submitted by:   Brad Davis <so14k at so14k.com>
>   PR:             72018
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.362     +10 -0     doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors/chapter.sgml


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Kind regards,

Remko Lodder                   |remko at elvandar.org
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