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Maximus

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Apr 9, 2003, 5:57:22 PM4/9/03
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Hail All,
I would like to replace my windows 2000 ftp server with a linux based
ftp server that encrypt the logon and traffic (data.) I found alot of tools
and client HOW-TO such as sftp.exe and scp.exe that works great from windows
client to linux server with Redhat/SSH/ws-ftp installed.

Unfortuanately, I think these utilities only encrypt the logon and not
the traffic, right?

If it does, is there a better open-source method of doing this?

thanks for any and all comments.

G. Wolfe Woodbury

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Apr 9, 2003, 6:47:57 PM4/9/03
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Maximus <darth...@yahoo.com> shaped electrons to say:

IIRC (If I Remember Correctly) sftp and scp are part of the SSH
package. SSH (Secure Shell) provides encrypted channels between
machines, passwords are NOT exchanged in cleartext, and subsequent
traffic is also encrypted. SSH (OpenSSH) is an open-source project.

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Sybren Stuvel

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Apr 10, 2003, 6:23:02 AM4/10/03
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G. Wolfe Woodbury enlightened us with:

> IIRC (If I Remember Correctly) sftp and scp are part of the SSH
> package.

Indeed. Everything from start to end is encrypted. You don't even have
to use passwords (in a secure manner) if you set up private/public keys
the right way.

Sybren
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Maximus

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Apr 14, 2003, 1:35:03 PM4/14/03
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Is there any other option than this for encrypted FTP.
I have been using this for a week now and it's pretty cool. I am happy
with it, but I just want to know what are the other options.

-Maximus

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Davorin Vlahovic

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Apr 14, 2003, 6:57:23 PM4/14/03
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Use sftp and scp. Both of these use only ssh protocol, but with ftp
user interface, or (in scp case) you can copy this way:
scp myfile us...@other.computer.domain:.
This would copy the file myfile to "other.computer.domain" computer to
the home of user "user".

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Sybren Stuvel

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Apr 14, 2003, 7:34:30 PM4/14/03
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Davorin Vlahovic enlightened us with:

> scp myfile us...@other.computer.domain:.
> This would copy the file myfile to "other.computer.domain" computer to
> the home of user "user".

You can even leave out the trailing dot :)

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