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Six Tips for Homemade "Dot Mac" Servers

Posted by pudge on from the as-opposed-to-macdot dept.

lisam writes "Alan Graham has an article on O'Reilly's MacDevCenter offering tips for homemade dot mac servers. Tips include creating a central file server, how to set up a central repository for iTunes, sharing images, collaborating with WebDAV, etc."

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  1. *ack!* by Draoi · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Not good. Reading the drijf.net article reveals that iTools backs up in the clear across the 'net. Furthermore, authentication can be spoofed as backup doesn't check the authentication of the server cert. Scary ...

    Thanks for the links, BTW!

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    1. Re:*ack!* by Greedo · · Score: 4, Interesting
      • You are right, the server cert could be anything ... I use the Snakeoil one myself
      • iTools uses MD5 to "encrypt" your password, so that's relatively safe
      • I haven't used ethereal or anything to see if the actual backup data is encrypted (beyond SSL)


      Still, I'd rather my backups were going to a server that I control, than one I don't.

      Oh ... and faking an iCal server is pretty easy too. I'll write it up if you are interested.
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