From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: Nala Ginrut <mulei@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Support rsync to help Chinese users to setup mirrors
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:52:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ef1uwwjx.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ef1usx58.fsf@debian>
Nala Ginrut <mulei@gnu.org> writes:
>> Would rsync over SSH be sufficient or does it have to be rsyncd on the
>> default rsync port? (SSH will be easier for me because then I don’t
>> need to apply for another port to be opened at the institute firewall.)
>
> I think SSH will be interfered frequently by the firewall, because many
> people use SSH for anti-circumvention. It's better to use rsyncd.
> Considering there's verification, so the encryption is unnecessary.
Oh pity. Back then I did in fact use SSH tunnels to get around the
great firewall; VPNs were the primary target back then.
rsyncd is going to take longer as I need to make an application to the
campus IT to let them open the port. I’ll let you know when it’s ready,
but it can take a little while.
--
Ricardo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-09 8:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-01 10:56 Support rsync to help Chinese users to setup mirrors Nala Ginrut
2019-08-01 14:22 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-08-02 7:35 ` Nala Ginrut
2019-08-07 6:31 ` Nala Ginrut
2019-08-07 7:44 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-08-08 9:35 ` Nala Ginrut
2019-08-08 11:39 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-08-08 18:56 ` Nala Ginrut
2019-08-08 21:35 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-08-09 5:52 ` Nala Ginrut
2019-08-09 8:52 ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2019-08-10 8:18 ` Nala Ginrut
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