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Allow iCal subscriptions on secure servers
Authored by: nvdingo on Nov 10, '03 12:16:59PM

this also assumes that the apache server has mod_dav turned on. there are a lot of ways you can compromise your system by turning DAV on.

Dont turn DAV on on your server if you haven't read a LOT about configuring it. I recommend a book that i think is called Managing Linux Apache servers. (i don't have the book with me right now, sorry if I get this wrong.) It has a whole chapter on setting up DAV and the security implications of various options.



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Allow iCal subscriptions on secure servers
Authored by: bluehz on Nov 11, '03 08:14:54AM

Webdav info is a bit scarce and I am always looking for me detailed info. Could you give us some more info on this bok you mentioned "Managing Linux Apache servers"? I searched google, etc and found nothing under that exact title.



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Allow iCal subscriptions on secure servers
Authored by: nvdingo on Nov 11, '03 01:05:24PM

Okay, i got the book title wrong. Amazingly, i just managed to remember about my post yesterday when i got to the office today.

The book is called:
Linux Apache Web Server Administration.

and embarrassingly enough, it's not the book that has the WebDAV info in it. Too many tech books, they all start to run together.

Still, if you want to know how to play with apache config options and what implications they have, i highly recommend this book.

i did find a section on webdav in MacOS X Unleashed, but that's not the long description i was talking about.

I can't remember where i read it. sorry



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WebDAV links
Authored by: nvdingo on Nov 11, '03 01:07:15PM

Since i can't remember the book i read it in, if anyone is interested in reading about webDAV, go to the source

http://www.webdav.org/



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Allow iCal subscriptions on secure servers
Authored by: shneusk on Nov 11, '03 03:12:15PM

if WebDAV has security issues, why use it? instead of "publishing" your calendar, why not setup a cron job and a .netrc file to periodically upload your .ics files to a web server and let people subscribe to them there? you can even do your ftping through an ssh tunnel to make it secure



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