Re: cvs security problem

[Brian Behlendorf <brian () COLLAB NET>]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 sama () AGLORIOSO COM wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 02:20:42PM -0400, Kev wrote:
> > This has been the case for quite some time.  It would be nice if CVS
> > could be made more secure, but it would probably take a lot of work.
> > --
> > Kevin L. Mitchell <klmitch () mit edu>
>
> Although I don't think it addresses this very problem, you might be
> interested in CVS-nserver (http://alexm.here.ru/cvs-nserver/), a
> rewrite of CVS to make it more modular and secure. I still haven't
> tried it myself, though.

There's another similar open source project in development that, if
implemented right, won't have this security problem, called Subversion
(http://subversion.tigris.org/).  There are two full time people working
on it, with an ETA around September, but we could definitely use more
assistance.

        Brian