Comparing CVS and CVSNT

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Comparing CVS and CVSNT
CVSNT is the most widely supported, feature rich and secure CVS Server and Client available today on Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, HPUX, and Linux. CVSNT has been progressing through development, testing and production releases for six years and we are currently shipping version 2.5.
	March Hare Software provide CVS Professional Support and CVSNT worldwide. CVSNT development began as simply a port of CVS 1.10 and then 1.11 to Windows, however it quickly became clear that vital new security and features were being added to CVSNT that CVS users on all platforms required. CVSNT then became available for Unix as well as Windows and now supports most of the active software development platforms available. March Hare Software (UK) in partnership with the CVSNT development community are continuing to develop CVSNT; adding features, improving security and increasing the number of supported platforms. For a quick comparison of some of the advantages of using CVSNT over CVS please see the panel to the right. » Contact us for more information
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	CVSNT Professional Support and CVSNT are open source, free software licensed under the GNU General Public License. March Hare Software provide Installation, training, support and builds for OS/400 V4R5, V5R1 and later to Support Multi Site Plus and Support Enterprise customers. Download Support Brochure Download Support Price Guide

Comparison

Feature		CVSNT	CVS
Server
	Supports authentication via Microsoft Active Directory or SSH (windows only)	YES	NO
	Set enforced protocols allow server to lock out clients connecting over insecure protocols or using insecure/inefficient options.	YES	NO
	Easily remove protocols (without recompile)	YES	NO
	Branch ACLs can be used to restrict access	YES	NO
	LockServer provides file level locking	YES	NO
	More sophisticated / extra triggers available e.g. postcommit. Triggers also available via COM/DLL/.so interfaces	YES	NO
	Supports Unicode files with additional keyword expansion switches	YES	NO
	Efficient storage of binary files using binary deltas	YES	NO
	Extended modules functionality using the modules2 file	YES	NO
	Advanced Reserved Edits and checked commits (supercedes exclusive locking concept)	YES	NO
	Server-side default options (cvsrc)	YES	NO
	CVSROOT/config scripts etc.	YES	YES
	Repository browsing via cvs ls command	YES	YES
	Pluggable server-side diff programs	YES	NO
	Supports Unicode files with additional keyword expansion switches	YES	NO
	Server-side default options (cvsrc)	YES	NO
	UTF-8 (Unicode) Server.	YES	NO
	Multi Lingual filenames suport.	YES	NO
	Rendevous Support	YES	NO
	Binary availability for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, HPUX	YES	YES
	Client support for IBM iSeries (AS/400) OS/400	YES	NO
Windows Server
	Supports encrypted authentication via SSL (all platforms)	YES	NO
	Configurable with Windows Control Panel	YES	NO
	Compatible with NTFS ACL's for using permissions based on Windows username or group.	YES	NO
	Triggers also available via COM and DLL interfaces	YES	NO
	Cshdump handler	YES	NO
	Native file access	YES	NO
	Native MSI Installer	YES	NO
Client
	Smart Merge using MergePoint	YES	NO
	Supports Unicode files with additional keyword expansion switches	YES	NO
	"Import-and-go" by optionally turning freshly imported trees into a new sandbox automatically. No more need to purge and do a fresh checkout first	YES	NO
	Version OSX resource fork extensions keyword expansion switches	YES	NO