Commit 2b7e1292 authored by Wayne Davison's avatar Wayne Davison

Mention that the MD4 password protection is weaker than

previously thought.
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manpagesection(AUTHENTICATION STRENGTH) manpagesection(AUTHENTICATION STRENGTH)
The authentication protocol used in rsync is a 128 bit MD4 based The authentication protocol used in rsync is a 128 bit MD4 based
challenge response system. Although I believe that no one has ever challenge response system. This is fairly weak protection, though (with
demonstrated a brute-force break of this sort of system you should at least one brute-force hash-finding algorithm publicly available), so
realize that this is not a "military strength" authentication system. if you want really top-quality security, then I recommend that you run
It should be good enough for most purposes but if you want really top rsync over ssh. (Yes, a future version of rsync will switch over to a
quality security then I recommend that you run rsync over ssh. stronger hashing method.)
Also note that the rsync daemon protocol does not currently provide any Also note that the rsync daemon protocol does not currently provide any
encryption of the data that is transferred over the connection. Only encryption of the data that is transferred over the connection. Only
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