Re: Proposal: have client CVS send remote username to server CVS

[Larry Jones]

Noel L Yap writes:
> 
> Client/server CVS can easily map users if the client sent the remote user's name
> over to the server to use in its logs.  Therefore, I propose that such an
> enhancement should be done (I'll even do the work if my schedule doesn't get
> overloaded).

The main problem I see with this is that you lose all accountability --
the client can claim to be anyone and the server will just blindly
accept that the client is telling the truth.  pserver does at least some
authentication by requiring that the user be known and requiring the
corresponding password.

-Larry Jones

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