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Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features
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Adrian Phillips |
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Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features |
Date: |
08 Nov 2002 20:54:24 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Burgess <Mark.Burgess@iu.hio.no> writes:
Mark> The point is that an encrypted tunnel is not systemic
Mark> security, it is communication privacy. rsync cannot check if
Mark> the files are in line with policy and override permissions,
Mark> without leaving race windows. We do not know of its
Mark> behaviour in relation to races at all... It does not verify
Mark> transmission error, or test whether a file can be
Mark> transmitted in full before replacing it (a file could be
Mark> half copied if disk is full) thus leaving the system
Mark> broken. It does not define trust relationships in regard to
Mark> system policy. It doesn't give failover capability.
Just for the record rsync copies to a temporary file, fixes that, then
renames so some of the points you mention are incorrect. I do not have
the knowledge to disuss the security aspects.
Sincerely,
Adrian Phillips
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- Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features, Adrian Phillips, 2002/11/08
- Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features, Mark Burgess, 2002/11/08
- Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features, Adrian Phillips, 2002/11/08
- Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features, Mark Burgess, 2002/11/08
- Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features, Nate Campi, 2002/11/08
- Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features, Adrian Phillips, 2002/11/08
- Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features, Nate Campi, 2002/11/08
- Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features, Mark . Burgess, 2002/11/08
- Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features,
Adrian Phillips <=
- Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features, Mark . Burgess, 2002/11/08
Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features, Ted Zlatanov, 2002/11/08