[Wplug-web] Re: New Bk Setup: Done

Zach Paine zman at angstrom.net
Fri Dec 22 18:07:23 EST 2000


On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 10:27:52AM -0800, Jeremy Dinsel wrote:
> 
> How are passwords sent by bk? If it is plain text, can non-system (bk only)
> passwords be used? If not, can bk be encapsulated in ssh or run through an
> stunnel? It defeats the purpose to require ssh if users will be sending their
> password on a daily basis.
> 
> -j

Which passwords are those?  Users w/ rw access send there material via ssh, so
I would assume that means that everything that passes between repositories is
encrypted.  Anonymous users don't use any sort of authentication, but don't
deal with sensitive files.

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