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Article: 14076 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: secure ftp
Date: 11 Feb 2003 10:59:30 -0500
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <18c77c47.0302102057.8f449cb@posting.google.com>,
tirch <spider_rabbit@yahoo.com> wrote:
: Hello all, this is my first time posting and I've looked around the
: groups. You all look like you have a really good handle on secure ftp
: protocols.
:
: My question is, what is the most popular way of transferring files
: securely? What do most commercial sites use? I think it is either scp
: or sftp. Does anyone use ftps?
:
Serious sites do, like IBM:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ibm_ie.html
FTP has numerous advantages over scp and sftp, primarily that it handles
text-file format conversion across unlike platforms. SSL/TLS has
important advantages over SSH (which scp and sftp are based on), primarily
the ability to revoke compromised security keys. For details see:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/security.html
- Frank