RE: [boost] SourceForge

From: Paul Moore (gustav_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-29 12:57:45

From: jsiek_at_[hidden] [mailto:jsiek_at_[hidden]]
>
> If you can get ssh through your firewall then you can do CVS, so the
> trick is to find a version of ssh that jives with your firewall.
>

Sigh. This comes up every time anyone suggests CVS as an easy way of
providing access to development sources on any project.

My firewall is totally closed. I know nothing of firewall technology, but I
can

1. E-Mail the outside world.
2. Browse the web (http) via our web proxy.
3. FTP via "ftp proxyname user_at_realhost".
4. Telnet via some magic incantations involving telnet to the proxy, and
from there give the name of the outside host. This is only telnet (port 21),
and only via a telnet client - effectively, it's not much use...

That's it. I can't ssh, I can't do the CVS protocol, I can't even resolve
names outside our local internet (ping www.boost.org gives "unknown
hostname").

Can we just assume that there is a class of people for whom FTP and web
browser access are the only options? I don't begrudge others CVS access, but
I also don't think that people who can't use the CVS access should be
disadvantaged.

[Sorry, you hit a sore spot...]

Paul.