[MacPorts] #26530: Tunneling rsync through SSH to permit selfupdate from behind a firewall

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#26530: Tunneling rsync through SSH to permit selfupdate from behind a firewall
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  Reporter:  jemandel@…      |      Owner:  wsiegrist@…
      Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  server/hosting  |    Version:  1.9.1
Resolution:                  |   Keywords:
      Port:                  |
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Comment (by jemandel@…):

 That will certainly work. My solution doesn't grant the user on machine 1
 general access to machine 2. Thus, I can distribute a private key for
 machine 2 without having to worry about what the user on machine 1 might
 do with it. The other advantage is that I don't have to remember to bring
 up the proxy from the command line before doing selfupdate. I don't know
 that there are that many people in the same situation as I'm in (paranoid
 and incompetent IT blocking port 873 but not 22), but if so, you could
 implement this on rsync.macports.org and eliminate the need for a third
 machine in the transaction.

 Thanks,
 Jeff E Mandel

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