[cvsnt] Re: How to contorl the access right within the ViewCVS

[Torsten Martinsen]

Mike Wake wrote:

> Note it is only basic authentication to stop casual viewing.  Someone 
> could still sniff the network to intercept the actual contents of any 
> source that was being viewed by an authenticated person.
>
> I should set up some sort of encryption/SSL for this but haven't 
> worked that out yet.  Any hints would be most welcome. 

One approach is to use Basic authentication over HTTPS. An other method 
is to use NTLM authentication, which is nice in a Windows environment. 
You'll lose the ability to use Opera as a client, but IE and 
Mozilla/Firefox work fine.

-Torsten