[ale] rsync question

[J. D.]

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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