Re: How "cvs get" works

[Allen Jensen]

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" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
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.
> 
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