[nycbug-talk] Security Implications for cvsupd

[Pete Wright]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 11:49:55PM -0500, G. Rosamond wrote:
> 
> On Dec 7, 2004, at 11:43 PM, Pete Wright wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 11:41:36PM -0500, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> >>On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Pete Wright wrote:
> >>
> >>>cool, would this still apply for cvsup?  I just noticed that i
> >>>incorrectly refered to it as a cvs mirror in my original email.  i 
> >>>meant
> >>>cvsup.
> >>
> >>Cvsup is easier.  You could jail it if you want and that would do it.
> >>
> >>Check out the cvsup-mirror port.  It makes setting this up almost too 
> >>easy
> >>(I set it up for intenal use @bway).  The hard part is finding a good
> >>mirror to sync with; when I set mine up I had a rough time finding one
> >>that was available in the wee morning hours.
> >>
> >>Charles
> >
> >execellent!  i saw that port mentioned in dan lagine's freebsddiary.com
> >site.  allright now i'm getting excited!
> >
> 
> Pete. . . it's an awesome thing. . . and yes, with it, you can keep 
> your NYC*BUG membership even though you temporarily find yourself in 
> Cali. . .
> 
> I think it would be nice to list cvsup servers provided by NYC*BUG 
> people. . . Okan, don't keep it a secret. . .
> 
> MW: maybe setup an area for cvsup servers provided. . .
> 
> No one has elaborated which or all BSDs they are providing cvsup 
> servers for.
> 
> I think it's all if possible.  And PF the bandwidth if necessary. . .
> 

cool, i'm building the jail now.  hopefully i'll have something usable
up by the end of the week.  so i'll post the url to the list when i feel
it's ok to start hammering the server.  for now i'll just be mirroring
the 5.x brach of FreeBSD, but if it works out as easy as it sounds i'll
probably be able to dedicate more disk space to this in the future.

-p


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