You have the right idea Derek - go for it.

Ssh is just like any service - keep up to date on the patches and you're
at a reduced risk.  

I would argue that just because you don't have shell access doesn't make
the server any safer. *cough* wu-ftpd *cough* buffer overflow *cough*



On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 14:05, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> Maybe I have miscommunicated things here.  I never said run rsync
> publicly.  I meant have a private server use rsync via ssh to get at the
> Internet site.  Certainly you run ssh on your servers to access them
> remotely?