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Date:      Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:22:43 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "Zyumbilev, Peter" <peter@aboutsupport.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Cronjob Cvsup -> What?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301270816140.6993@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <5105057F.3090108@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20130127001805.97F0119B@hub.freebsd.org> <44d2wrw8fs.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <5104E6B7.9070302@aboutsupport.com> <5105057F.3090108@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sun, 27 Jan 2013, Matthew Seaman wrote:

>  2) Choose a protocol for access the SVN servers.  Your choices in
>     order of preference are
>
>         svn://
>         https://
>         http://
>
>     Use svn:// for best performance.  If you're concerned about MITM
>     attacks injecting trojans into the FreeBSD sources, then use
>     https and be sure to verify the certificate hashes on first
>     connection.  Otherwise, if you're stuck behind a restrictive
>     firewall, use http://

HTTPS is preferred.  The SVN mirrors section of the Handbook will soon 
reflect that.

Performance should not be very different from svn://.



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