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Subject: RE: Is CVS security on topic for this list?
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From: Duane Whitty
> 
> I'm wondering about the security implications of running a CVS server 
> with group write permission on the repository and various other 
> configuration details.  Is this an appropriate discussion for this 
> list?  If it is I have a setup I'd like some feedback on.  If this is 
> not the appropriate list please accept my apologies for the 
> distraction.

If you're running on FreeBSD and want to discuss the security implications
of your configuration, I would say yes.  If it were, me, however, I'd
probably try my luck on the GNU CVS mailing lists[1] first.  Specifically,
the info-cvs list.

[1] http://savannah.nongnu.org/mail/?group=cvs