Re: gnome-user-share

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

On Iau, 2004-09-09 at 20:26, Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote:
>   It would be useful to optionally add ssl and some form of
> authentication, I think.
> 
>   The Public folder is completely unproteced, isn't it?  It even allows
> sharing accross a WAN.  I think passwordless access is ok as long as we
> restrict it to the subnets of locally attached interfaces.  Either that
> or change the TTL of outgoing packets to 1. ;-)

Subnet of local network and TTL of 1 don't guarantee a lot because of
large switched networks and radio networks. On AMPR your local network
mask may be an entire county 8)

SSL, authentication, versioning, separate in and outboxes all come for
free with WebDAV as well.