[distcc] Simple authentication for distcc
Grahame Bowland
grahame at angrygoats.net
Thu Feb 19 02:27:50 GMT 2004
Lisa Seelye wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 14:13, Grahame Bowland wrote:
>
>>I know this doesn't add any security if the local network is
>>compromised, however it should mean you can run distcc without anyone by
>>being able to just connect if they manage to get through your firewall.
>
>
> Then what is the point of having extra code if it essentially provides
> nothing? It seems cheaper to just have a properly configured firewall.
It doesn't provide nothing; it restricts users of distcc to those that
have the passphrase. You can't differentiate which user on a shared
shell machine is connecting using a firewall..
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