From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: Support rsync to help Chinese users to setup mirrors Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:52:02 +0200 Message-ID: <87ef1uwwjx.fsf@elephly.net> References: <87y30d2lxi.fsf@debian> <87zhktrmm6.fsf@elephly.net> <871ry4t3ya.fsf@debian> <87lfw5h4fu.fsf@debian> <87muglxvvv.fsf@elephly.net> <87h86sngnh.fsf@debian> <87tvarx4w0.fsf@elephly.net> <87k1bn8p0f.fsf@debian> <87imr7wdae.fsf@elephly.net> <87ef1usx58.fsf@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42318) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hw0dT-0006XF-BW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2019 04:52:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hw0dS-0000fx-C3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2019 04:52:31 -0400 Received: from sender4-of-o53.zoho.com ([136.143.188.53]:21378) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hw0dS-0000ee-4r for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2019 04:52:30 -0400 In-reply-to: <87ef1usx58.fsf@debian> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Nala Ginrut Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Nala Ginrut 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=E2=80= =99t >> 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=E2=80=99ll let you know when it=E2= =80=99s ready, but it can take a little while. -- Ricardo