encrypted rsyncd - why was it never implemented?

Dave Taht dave.taht at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 11:11:29 MST 2014


On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 9:40 AM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> wrote:
> rsync in daemon mode is very powerful, yet it comes with one big
> disadvantage: data is sent in plain.
>
> The workarounds are not really satisfying:
>
>
> - use VPN - one needs to set up an extra service, not always possible
>
> - use stunnel - as above
>
> - use SSH - is not as powerful as in daemon mode (i.e. read only access,
> chroot, easy way of adding/modifying users and modules etc.)

I too would like to see rsync gain a native encryption layer. (well,
that, an X11).

>
>
> Why was encrypted communication in rsyncd never implemented? Some technical
> disagreements? Nobody volunteered?
>
>
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> Tomasz Chmielewski
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