[thelist] Secure FTP
Jonathan
j at firebright.com
Sun Jul 3 21:15:52 CDT 2005
Ken Schaefer wrote:
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>: From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
>: bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Keith
>: Subject: Re: [thelist] Secure FTP
>:
>: At 04:07 AM Sunday 7/3/2005, you wrote:
>:
>: >Jason Handby wrote:
>: >>>I've got a customer asking for "secure ftp" to our server.
>: >>>
>: >>>Is there an off-the-shelf package for windows that'll provide this
>: service?
>:
>: If you already have a secure certificate for the site
>: and FrontPage Extensions running you already have
>: what you need.
>:
><snip>
>: When you open it Explorer logs in to the web folder
>: on the site and morphs into an FTP client. Viola,
>: you have secure File Transfer using the https
>: protocol.
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>
>FWIW:
>
>This is actually WebDAV over HTTPS, not FTP.
><snip>
>
Yes, but WebDAV over HTTPS is excessively difficult to configure for
many admins.
Dude, KISS. I would install OpenSSH (guide here:
http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html), and then use WinSCP
(www.winscp.com) as a client. It's free, easy, and the same for both
Windows and Linux, so you don't have to retrain to introduce different
platforms (which is HUGE in a big company).
Jonathan
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