Commit c503c97f authored by Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

restructured index somewhat

parent ab75eb24
...@@ -6,27 +6,47 @@ Filesystem, RCS and CVS client and server classes ...@@ -6,27 +6,47 @@ Filesystem, RCS and CVS client and server classes
This directory contains various modules and classes that support This directory contains various modules and classes that support
remote file system operations. remote file system operations.
rrcs.py Remote RCS client command line interface CVS stuff
rrcs Script to put in your bin directory ---------
rcvs.py Remote CVS client command line interface
rcvs Script to put in your bin directory rcvs Script to put in your bin directory
rcvs.py Remote CVS client command line interface
sumtree.py Old demo for FSProxy
cmptree.py First FSProxy client (used to sync from the Mac)
cvslib.py CVS admin files classes (used by rrcs) cvslib.py CVS admin files classes (used by rrcs)
cvslock.py CVS locking algorithms
RCS stuff
---------
rrcs Script to put in your bin directory
rrcs.py Remote RCS client command line interface
rcsclient.py Return an RCSProxyClient instance rcsclient.py Return an RCSProxyClient instance
(has reasonable default server/port/directory) (has reasonable default server/port/directory)
RCSProxy.py RCS proxy and server classes (on top of rcslib.py)
rcslib.py Local-only RCS base class (affects stdout &
local work files)
FSProxy stuff
-------------
sumtree.py Old demo for FSProxy
cmptree.py First FSProxy client (used to sync from the Mac)
FSProxy.py Filesystem interface classes FSProxy.py Filesystem interface classes
RCSProxy.py RCS interface classes
Generic client/server stuff
---------------------------
client.py Client class client.py Client class
server.py Server class server.py Server class
security.py Security mix-in class (not very secure I think) security.py Security mix-in class (not very secure I think)
Other generic stuff
-------------------
cmdfw.py CommandFrameWork class cmdfw.py CommandFrameWork class
(used by rcvs, should be used by rrcs as well) (used by rcvs, should be used by rrcs as well)
...@@ -89,12 +109,13 @@ Server in order to match the class names. ...@@ -89,12 +109,13 @@ Server in order to match the class names.
*** Security warning: this version requires that you have a file *** Security warning: this version requires that you have a file
$HOME/.python_keyfile at the server and client side containing two comma- $HOME/.python_keyfile at the server and client side containing two
separated numbers. The security system at the moment makes no guarantees comma- separated numbers. The security system at the moment makes no
of actuallng being secure -- however it requires that the key file guarantees of actuallng being secure -- however it requires that the
exists and contains the same numbers at both ends for this to work. key file exists and contains the same numbers at both ends for this to
(You can specify an alternative keyfile in $PYTHON_KEYFILE). work. (You can specify an alternative keyfile in $PYTHON_KEYFILE).
Have a look at the Security class in security.py for details; Have a look at the Security class in security.py for details;
basically, if the key file contains (x, y), then the security server basically, if the key file contains (x, y), then the security server
class chooses a random number z (the challenge) in the range 10..100000 class chooses a random number z (the challenge) in the range
and the client must be able to produce pow(z, x, y) (i.e. z**x mod y). 10..100000 and the client must be able to produce pow(z, x, y)
(i.e. z**x mod y).
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