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I have a VPS. From this VPS, I'm trying to checkout a repository at svn://svn.server.dom/repos. Some time after, I receive a timeout message.

If I run ping svn.server.dom, it works fine.

Here's the thing though: the server is not even receiving the svn request. I talked to the network admin, and the server receives the ping command with no issues (I also receive the server response), but the svn request doesn't even show up in the log. So I would guess that my VPS can't reach the server, but then the ping shouldn't work either!

Trying to checkout from other machines works fine. I'm running CentOS 6 and SVN 1.8.1 on the VPS.

What can possibly be happening?

Felipe Matos
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Try a TCP connection on port 3690 - I bet it's filtered in a firewall in front of your server instead of being open to the world.

nc -v svn.server.dom 3690

You could allow that in your firewall, but don't - the svn:// protocol is completely insecure, all data including your authentication data is passing over the internet in plaintext.

Instead, set up your SVN server to serve the repo over https:// with WebDAV or svn+ssh://.

Shane Madden
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  • I didn't realize svn was *that* insecure. We usually use this SVN only internally, I never thouhg about it. Well, time to make a case for git. :) – Felipe Matos Dec 18 '14 at 02:14