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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Help needed on writing scripts to transfer files by FTP
Date: 23 Feb 2001 18:11:48 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
Message-ID: <976954$kd3$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <976820$haq$1@boomer.cs.utexas.edu>,
Logan Shaw <logan@cs.utexas.edu> wrote:
: In article <9761f2$eup$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>,
: Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
: >There is a new correct response: a fully scriptable FTP client from the
: >Kermit Project at Columbia University. Not only is it scriptable but it
: >does all the other things that everybody has been asking for all these
: >years:
: >
: > . Security
:
: How does it have security if it implements the FTP protocol? :-)
:
Did you follow the link and read about it?
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpclient.html
It says:
Security
Any of Kermit's security methods can be used to establish and
conduct secure FTP sessions with FTP servers that support these
methods: Kerberos 4, Kerberos 5 / GSSAPI, SSL, TLS, or SRP. Due to
recent relaxations in USA export law, Kermit's security methods
will be more widely available than they were in previous
releases. Secure FTP servers are available from the sources listed
here (i.e. at http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/telnetd.html).
NOTE: The security features are optional. They do not
have to be included in the Kermit program, and if they
are, you don't have to use them. You can use C-Kermit as
an FTP client without using the security features, just
as you use the regular UNIX FTP client.
(end quote)
Many people believe that FTP and Telnet are inherently insecure protocols.
They are not -- it's just that the servers that come by default with most
OS's do not include the security features. Hopefully the recent relaxation
in USA export law will result in secure versions from Sun, IBM, etc, as well
as for Linux and friends.
- Frank