Re: [Monotone-devel] Google Summer of Code 2006

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

In message <address@hidden> on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:29:00 -0400, Ethan Blanton 
<address@hidden> said:

eblanton> Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker spake unto us the following wisdom:
eblanton> > I'm sorry, why can't usher *be* the master server?  Adding
eblanton> > a master server in between would just add a layer of
eblanton> > complexity that gives nothing extra in return.
eblanton> 
eblanton> I for one would much rather the listening daemon didn't have
eblanton> to run with root privileges, such that it could execute
eblanton> servers as other users...

So your listening server would basically be a proxy that sends bit
back and forth between a remote client and a local master server
process.  In what way does that give you extra security?

I trust you don't run sshd, apache or any other server that requires
authentication and authorisation or is capable thereof, btw :-).

Cheers,
Richard

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