Re: Copy slower than rsync Re: Bugs and features

[Mark . Burgess]

I see, then perhaps it's not as bad as I imagine.
But you still miss the integrated checks.

M

On  8 Nov, Adrian Phillips wrote:
>>>>>> "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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