From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-17 05:12, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >> On 2026-01-17 01:52, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:   
   >>> Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >>>> On 2026-01-16 15:57, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>>>> On 16/01/2026 12:48, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> scp -- wrong. rsync, scp and sftp are all different ways of   
   >>>>>> transferring files securely over SSH.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Are they? even if you run  rsyncd?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> AFAIK yes, the transfer happens of the ssh port with ssh type of   
   >>>> encryption.   
   >>>   
   >>> If you use "rsync://" on the client command line, you're connecting   
   >>> to rsyncd using the Rsync protocol which doesn't use encryption,   
   >>> which I often do for LAN transfers. You could still use SSH   
   >>> tunneling for encryption of course.   
   >>   
   >> I am using the rsync:// syntax, and I don't remember opening another   
   >> port than 22. :-?   
   >   
   > According to the man page it's TCP port 873.   
      
   /etc/firewalld/zones/external.xml:   
      
         
      
      
           
      
      
           
      
      
           
      
      
         
      
      
      
   I misremembered.   
      
   >   
   > Anyway I think it makes much more sense than dealing with all the   
   > complexities, fragilities, and inefficiencies of encryption just   
   > to do transfers over a private LAN. LDO evidently concludes the   
   > opposite.   
   >   
   > Here's an example of a public rsync 'site'. This command lists   
   > syncable directories and their descriptions:   
   >   
   > rsync rsync://mirrors.dotsrc.org   
   >   
   > This page also describes how it can use TLS encryption using a   
   > script for OpenSSL "s_client", but that's not part of the base   
   > protocol:   
   >   
   > https://dotsrc.org/mirrors/#rsync-over-tls   
   >   
      
   openSUSE uses rsync:// to distribute the distribution to mirrors.   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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