[ale] rsync question

[Jeff Hubbs]

Gentoo's Portage package management system works over rsync; emerge 
--sync performs an rsync with a public mirror.  I have my own repository 
(101GiB) here and the server that holds it runs the rsync daemon for me 
and runs the client against the GT public mirror twice a day.

On 1/31/10 8:41 PM, J. D. wrote:
> Very cool. I have been wondering what the daemon was for.. Thanks sirs!
>
> On 1/31/10, Richard Bronosky<Richard at bronosky.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Agree on all points. Only use the rsync daemon to service people you
>> don't trust with access to your ssh daemon. Encryption is pretty cheap
>> these days.
>>
>> On 1/31/10, Michael H. Warfield<mhw at wittsend.com>  wrote:
>>      
>>> On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 19:15 -0800, J. D. wrote:
>>>        
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> I frequently use rsync. It is an awesome tool. What are the advantages
>>>> of running the rsync daemon vs just running rsync strait without the
>>>> daemon running?
>>>>          
>>> I would use the daemon if I were offering up anonymous rsync access for
>>> downloads and that's about it.  Everything else requiring
>>> authentication, I would use straight rsync over ssh.
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> J. D.
>>>>          
>>> Mike
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