Kickstart via HTTPS?

[JCT]

Just a thought how about seting up and ssh-tunnel and use http kickstart 
traffic through the tunnel ?

On Wednesday 19 Jan 2005 11:18 pm, Steven Timm wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Tedman Eng wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am wondering if Kickstart supports HTTPS as an installation method.
> >
> > Or, perhaps someone can suggest another method for securely transferring
> > sensitive information (usernames, passwords, etc) during the install.
> >
> > Any help is much appreciated.
>
> I know the Rocks project uses ssl-encrypted kickstart, so it
> can be done, but I think they added code not in the normal
> installer.  If I remember correctly they don't use https because
> the overhead is too big, they just do ssl encryption across
> normal http.
>
> If it's just a password or two there is the
>
> password --iscrypted
>
> command which allows you to put in an encrypted password.
>
> Steve
>
> > _______________________________________________
> > Kickstart-list mailing list
> > Kickstart-list at redhat.com
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
>
> _______________________________________________
> Kickstart-list mailing list
> Kickstart-list at redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list

-- 
Regards
JC