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Re: [PATCH] Authentication support for pserver

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 19, 2008, 19:21 UTC
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"Martin Langhoff" <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avar@cpan.org> wrote:
>>> 1. http://git.nix.is/?p=avar/git;a=commitdiff;h=60f893bd9fe329bd5cf8ec513d10ec00e85feb2c
>>
>> It has been over 3 months since I submitted this patch without anyone
>> acting on it. In absence of comment from the Mart[yi]ns could this
>> please applied anyway?
>
> Sorry. My opinion on this is a mild ACK on the technical front, and a
> bit of a frown ("do we really want to offer this?"). Specifically, my
> concern goes beyond what you can do against a pserver service - git
> hooks can be targeted with this. "Warning: as safe as telnet" ;-)

"As safe as telnet" is Ok as long as it is strictly optional. What I would primarily be worried about is if this change is a no-op for existing users, when they chose not to enable the new feature.

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Message 13 of 25 in “Authentication support for pserver”
  1. Authentication support for pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Dec 14, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceDec 14, 2007
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 14, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2007
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 14, 2007
  7. Martin LanghoffDec 18, 2007
  8. Martin LanghoffDec 18, 2007
  9. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 7, 2008
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 7, 2008
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 19, 2008
  12. Martin LanghoffJun 19, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJun 19, 2008
  15. 0/6 git-cvsserver: password support for pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  16. 1/6 git-cvsserver: authentication support for pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  17. 1/6 git-cvsserver: authentication support for pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  18. 2/6 git-cvsserver: use a password file cvsserver pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  19. 2/6 git-cvsserver: use a password file cvsserver pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  20. 3/6 git-cvsserver: indent & clean up authdb codeÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  21. 4/6 git-cvsserver: Improved error handling for pserverÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  22. 5/6 git-cvsserver: document making a password without htpasswdÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  23. 6/6 git-cvsserver: test for pserver authentication supportÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, May 15, 2010
  24. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 18, 2007
  25. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2007

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