You can also run pserver over ssh using port forwarding. This is the approach our company has taken and it works well for us so far.
Allen Jensen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Siegerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 5:24 PM Subject: Re: How "cvs get" works > On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 11:39:05PM +0200, Reinstein, Shlomo wrote: > > And how does [CVS] send each file across the network in client/server? (e.g., > > does it use ftp or something like that?) > > It uses its own protocol, which is documented in > doc/cvsclient.info in the CVS distribution. > > What the CVS protocol is layered on top of depends on the access > method you use: "pserver" runs the CVS protocol over raw TCP, I > think; "ext" runs the CVS protocol over whatever's provided by > the external transport program -- ssh, rsh, etc. There may be > other possibilities as well. > > Which port you need to open up in your firewall thus depends on > the access method you choose. SSH is generally considered to be > the safest choice. > > -- > > | | /\ > |-_|/ > Eric Siegerman, Toronto, Ont. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | | / > One ring to rule the mall. > - Movie review headline, eye Magazine > > _______________________________________________ > Info-cvs mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs _______________________________________________ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
