Re: ssh with no encryption ?

From: those who know me have no need of my name (not-a-real-address@usa.net)
Date: 02/24/03

  • Next message: Darren Tucker: "Re: ssh with no encryption ?" 
    From: those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net>
Date: 24 Feb 2003 04:27:31 GMT

    in comp.security.ssh i read:
    >those who know me have no need of my name sez:
    >> in comp.security.ssh i read:

    >>>We use CVS for web/ftp site mirroring and we use SSH to tunnel CVS
    >>>connections.
    >...
    >> i'm surprised by that, rsync should do as well as ftp.
    >
    >FTP has no way of finding only files that changed since last
    >checkout.

    incorrect. you are too used to trivial ftp clients, get a better one.

    >Rsync could do, with a bit of scripting, but the
    >updates are already in CVS;

    incorrect. the mtime of the file will have changed.

    >all I need to do is open remote CVS access to selected users without using
    >pserver and without their usernames/passwords floating around in the
    >clear.

    i realize you would like cipher=none. well, too bad, it doesn't exist.
    revert to an ancient version of ssh if you feel so strongly about it, or
    hack it in yourself, or calm down and take a harder look at my suggestions.

    >... kerberos, srp or ssl enabled ftp server and client
    >> with data encryption disabled, or even a kerberos, srp or ssl enabled telnet
    >> server and client (again with encryption disabled) and an in-band transfer
    >> tool like kermit or zmodem.
    >
    >... running on Mac emulated by Executor inside a Cygwin Linux running
    >on a Win'98 VM running in VMware on x86 Solaris. Sure.

    do you often find that using sarcasm results in people continuing to help
    you, in particular to reduce your ignorance? well it didn't work with me
    -- *** you, keep wobbling along in your poor-assed way, ignorant of the
    better solutions available. 

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