Rsync'ing via ssh (p. 2)

There's a simpler way (however, it leaves the rsyncd daemon running on the host):

1. in rsyncd.conf:
   1. hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
   2. hosts allow = localhost
2. from the client:
   1. ssh -L <some_local_port>:localhost:873 remote_host
   2. rsync <options> rsync://localhost:<some_local_port>