10. Security of CVS Repository

To make a CVS server and CVS repository secure do the following:

• Run CVS on a stand-alone Linux/Unix box, see Performance Tuning.
• Remove unnecessary software packages from CVS linux box - to prevent external vandals running it. Just in case vandals break into the system, you do not want to give them a chance to run dangerous programs.
• Consider SSH as given in the chapter Multi-User Repository
• Consider Kerberos - install cvs-*-kerberos*.rpm package http://cvshome.org/dev/codelinux.html.
• Visit http://www.cvshome.org and post your security questions in the mailing list.