Fabio Corazza <fabio AT newbay DOT com> writes:

> Lee, Raymond wrote:
> > Steve,
> [cut]
> 
> I'm interested on this as well. Just a little question before starting
> the new configuration by myself: is ssh used just for the
> *authentication* or for the dumps as well?

I asked that in my first e-mail, and nobody has answered it directly,
so I'm assuming that it was a dumb question, and that *of course* the
dump goes through the ssh connection.  But if that's not true, I'd
sure like to know.

> It would be extremely useful (but don't know how efficient and
> hassle-free) to use ssh for everything since this would save a lot of
> work on the firewall side.

Damn right!  (And who cares about optimality?  Just so it works!)

-- Steve

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