Re: New SVN server live!

[Hani Benhabiles <kroosec () gmail com>]

Hi Fyodor,

The info under "Obtaining Nmap from the Subversion (SVN) Repository" part
in the install guide on the website. [1] could get an update.

[1] http://nmap.org/book/install.html

Cheers,
Hani.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 6:28 AM, Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote:

> Hi Folks!  I'm happy to report that David and I finally upgraded to
> the new SVN server we've wanted for quite a while.  This one has
> several advantages:
>
> o SSL-encrypted instead of plaintext, for much better security
>
> o The new server is roughly twice as fast (in general benchmarks) as
>  the old one.
>
> o You can now get history back to 1998 rather than 2005.  This didn't
>  work for anonymous users on the old server due to a configuration
>  issue.
>
> o Improved name: Since this is for the Nmap project specifically, it
>  is now at svn.nmap.org rather than svn.insecure.org.
>
> o We now use SVN's mod_dav https method of interacting with the
>  server.  This is a more capable system which may allow us to offer
>  some nice improvements (e.g. better web access, webdav mounting
>  support) later.
>
> To update your working directory to use the new server, run these
> commands:
>
> svn up -r 27448
> svn switch --relocate svn://svn.insecure.org https://svn.nmap.org
> svn up
>
> If, after doing this, you still have the warn-svn-move target in
> Makefile.in that prevents building, then delete your working directory
> and check out again:
>
> svn co https://svn.nmap.org/nmap
>
> If you get errors in the nbase, ncat, nping, nsock, and zenmap
> directories after updating, then delete those directories and update
> again:
>
> rm -rf nbase ncat nping nsock zenmap
> svn update
>
> Hopefully this will all go smoothly.  If your run into any problems
> though, please let us know on nmap-dev.
>
> Enjoy the new server!
> -Fyodor
>
>
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