From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 04:29:38 GMT
Subject: Re: git protocol over port-forwarding
Message-ID: <46a038f90703142129q55254a98na3341da0b6a0319b@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <et9vkm$2j4$1@sea.gmane.org>

On 3/15/07, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it could be done but with _two_ port forwarding, one from git
> port to ssh port or 5700 port, on your computer (probably reverse tunnel),
> second from 5700 port to git port... unless you configure git server
> to use different port...

All the protections against man-in-the-middle attacks (host key
verification, etc) prevent straight port forwarding. That's why if you
want git over ssh you have to use the proxycommand option to ssh.

IMHO, YMMV, etc. ;-)



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