added notes about security
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Filesystem, RCS and CVS client and server classes
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*** See the security warning at the end of this file! ***
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This directory contains various modules and classes that support
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remote file system operations.
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client.py Client class
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server.py Server class
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security.py Security mix-in class (not very secure I think)
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cmdfw.py CommandFrameWork class
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(used by rcvs, should be used by rrcs as well)
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The modules client and server should probably be renamed to Client and
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Server in order to match the class names.
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*** Security warning: this version requires that you have a file
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$HOME/.python_keyfile at the server and client side containing two comma-
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separated numbers. The security system at the moment makes no guarantees
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of actuallng being secure -- however it requires that the key file
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exists and contains the same numbers at both ends for this to work.
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(You can specify an alternative keyfile in $PYTHON_KEYFILE).
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Have a look at the Security class in security.py for details;
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basically, if the key file contains (x, y), then the security server
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class chooses a random number z (the challenge) in the range 10..100000
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and the client must be able to produce pow(z, x, y) (i.e. z**x mod y).
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