"Ashley T. Howes Ph.D." ashley@turton.com writes:
I was wondering if anyone knows of a secure FTP server. By secure I mean the difference between telnet and SSH (so all traffic is encrypted in transmit). I briefly saw references to scp (part of SSH) on a google search. As anyone used this or could comment on alternatives?
scp is version 1 ssh's copy program, I think. sftp is version 2's. ftp over ssl is another thing entirely.
MJ Ray wrote:
scp is version 1 ssh's copy program, I think. sftp is version 2's.
nope, scp is in SSH 1 and 2 of the protocols. sftp is a cross between scp and ftp over an SSL tunnel.. the sftp protocol is not identical to the FTP protocol, but for all intensive purposes it works like ftp over ssl... I think you can ssh into a box and type "sftpserve", and then send and recieve commands.. this is how the command line and GUI tools like gftp (when it dosen't crash!) work..
ftp over ssl is another thing entirely.
definatly, and very messy imho ;)..
Sz
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