[cvsnt] Re: Server Not Seeing Encrypted Connection?

[Tony Hoyle]

Glen Starrett wrote:

> SSH is encrypted, it does sound like a bug (Tony will have to confirm). 
>  I think SSH basically tunnels to get to the server then runs as a local 
> CVS client, so the server might see only the end (unencrypted) channel 
> to the server, that's probably the trouble.

It's actually impossible to detect the difference between ssh and an 
unencrypted connection like rsh so the server is cautious and treats it 
as unencrypted.

The :ssh: protocol understands the -x flag and will automatically tell 
the other end that's it's encrypted.  That's not possible for :ext: though.

Tony