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If I am storing my source code in SVN on a shared hosting company, would it be possible to encrypt the content so EVEN if someone does have access to the repo they can't see the source in plain view?
Is there a plugin for this? Otherwise I'd imagine it would be crazy implementing this oneself!
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VisualSVN Server uses industry-standard AES-128 or AES-256 encryption algorithms to protect the backups. Both of them provide a strong level of security.
Common Data Encryption Methods The two most widely used methods for data encryption are public key, also known as asymmetric encryption and private key, or symmetric encryption. Both rely on key pairs, but they differ in the way the sending and receiving parties share the keys and handle the encrypt/decrypt process.
Subversion is a centralized system for sharing information. At its core is a repository, which is a central store of data. The repository stores information in the form of a filesystem tree - a typical hierarchy of files and directories.
The correct answer here is either:
If the main concern is having a secure offsite backup, host the repository yourself and use someplace like rsync.net to handle the backup (they are SOX/HIPAA compliant). A cron job that rsyncs everything every 15 minutes should be sufficient. The cron job can encrypt your backup before pushing it. Just don't lose the keys/passwords.
This way Subversion doesn't need to know anything at all about your encryption scheme, and you can go about your work without having to worry about paranoia getting in the way of productivity.
Addenda:
Since you're doing shared hosting, and shared hosts are worthless: Get a dedicated source control host. Do not ever use a shared host for source control. Shared hosts are notorious for losing data and making false claims about data security and backups. Good examples of dedicated source control hosts: CVSDude, Beanstalk, GitHub
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It's old but i find other solution for this and may help others.
Today you can get some Virtual Provate Servers (VPS) very cheap. ($5/month)
Why VPS? You can install what you want! (Bob Aman's answer have a very good point about shared hosts security)
I configured everything with THIS article: http://cinserely.blogspot.com.br/2010/10/creating-encrypted-subversion.html
How to (4.) http://tortoisesvn.net/sasl_howto.html
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