Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Subversion update

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Gerald Combs wrote:

> Martin Mathieson wrote:
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>  
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> > Gerald,
> >
> > Would it be possible/desirable to run svnserve on the Subversion server?
> > I've no idea how much work this would be or what the security issues might
> > be, but I note Samba provides svn:// access to its repository.
> >
> > Would this help many more people get direct access?  The freebie windows
> > proxy I use on my home network can't be persuaded to support the HTTP
> > methods needed.  With svnserve I presume I presume I'd just need to set up a
> > mapped link and open the outgoing port on my firewall (as I've done for CVS
> > access).
> >    
>
> The whole point of using the HTTP access method was to give more people
> direct access.  Some developers can't access the anonymous CVS
> repository due to outbound access controls on their networks.  It was
> hoped that HTTP access would solve this problem since it's hard to find
> a network that doesn't allow outbound HTTP connections.
>
> I'll see if svn:// access can be added.
>
>  
As far as I know, we could use HTTPS to provide exactly that possibility.

But I really don't know if it's easy to set up an ssl server.

Regards, ULFL