[TriLUG] iptables and opening a port, CVS

[Jon Carnes]

On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 12:31, Mike Mueller wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 September 2003 12:01, Scott Lundgren wrote:
> > doh! If you wanted cvspserver to be running disable should be set to "no".
> 
> The debian package for cvs turns off pserver by default and warns that it is 
> a security risk.  They advocate using the :ext: cvs access method with SSH.  
> 
> This what I do.  I have to type a password everytime I hit cvs.  I got used 
> to it. 
> 
Isn't it possible to setup some keys so that you don't need to type in
your password?

I have some processes tunneled via ssh and I set up the ssh to operate
using the key exchanges so the connection occurs transparently to me. 
It makes it faster to load and run.

Jon Carnes