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Pity there's no secure version of the git protocol

Pity there's no secure version of the git protocol

Posted Sep 26, 2011 17:06 UTC (Mon) by jnareb (subscriber, #46500)
In reply to: Pity there's no secure version of the git protocol by pboddie
Parent article: A kernel.org status update

Git supported push via "dumb" HTTPS using WebDAV for a very long time, and from some time support push via "smart" HTTP protocol (with a CGI script, that runs git-receive-pack / git-upload-pack, e.g. git-http-backend).

As with push via SSH Git left security to SSH, with push via HTTPS Git leaves security to HTTPS / web server configuration.


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