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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. Seventh tip... by dotgod · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't put it in the oven.

  2. MP3s from a central server by PetWolverine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmm, this smells suspiciously of fair use! The RIAA had better stomp on it quickly! I expect the author of the article will get into trouble with O'Reilly for getting them into legal trouble with the RIAA.

    Just because you bought that music doesn't mean you have the right to listen to it! Err...listen to it in more than one location, I mean.

    Speaking of central music servers, refer to my .sig for good things.

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  3. Re:Previous article by Greedo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yes, the previous article is (IMHO) much more informative, as it tells you how to set up a fake .MAC server.

    The current article tells you what you can do with it ... kinda. The language is rather obtuse in some sections, and all of those tips rely on the server being an OS X machine. What if I want my central server to run Linux? BSD?

    The useful articles are this one which explains how to set up a fake .Mac server, and use Apple's Backup with it, and this one about making an iSync server.

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  4. *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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