[ale] rsync question

[Richard Bronosky]

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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