[cvsnt] Re: -x flag details

[Tony Hoyle]

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 21:36:50 +0900, "keys" <s_kidu at cb3.so-net.ne.jp>
wrote:

>Hi, 
>In ReadMe document, at section "4.SSPI mode",
>I found following description.
>
>    "This protocol also supports encryption of the data stream
>    (using the -x flag to cvs)."
>
>1) What type of encryption-algorithm does it use ?

NTLMv2 uses Some kind of MS specific encryption... no idea of the
details.

Kerberos is a standard encryption that's known to be secure.

Which one gets used depends on your setup... normally on a pure active
directory domain Kerberos will be chosen, otherwise it'll use NTLMv2.

>2) Does it have reliance on machine environment or system configuration ?
>
Only standard Windows configuration.

Tony