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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: secure ftp batch binaries/scripts
Date: 9 Mar 2001 16:17:15 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
Message-ID: <98avmb$8i6$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <3aa8f3c4.1027667@jekyl.ab.tac.net>,
Jeff K <jkrinti1@tac.net> wrote:
: On Fri, 09 Mar 2001 05:58:44 GMT, Rick Miller
: <rick.miller@fake.server.cwusa.com> wrote:
: >Jeff Krintila wrote:
: >> I'm currently admin'ing approximately 15 Solaris 2.6 machines.
: >> I have a requirement to transfer sensitive from 14 of the "client"
: >> machines to the "server" machine. I was hoping someone would have
: >> experience with an ftp-like program/script that functions like scp
: >> (non-clear-text user/password authentication and encrypted data).
: >
: >Why not use scp or sftp?
: >
: If I could script scp I would LOVE to do that. scp seems to clear some
: buffer that accepts the password for the user ID that I'm using to
: transfer the file with. Do you have a script that uses scp?
:
There seems to be an ever-increasing need for network clients that are
both secure and scriptable. FTP is a prominent case in point; Telnet is
another.
The Kermit Project at Columbia University has spent the last several years
adding secure authentication and encryption protocols (Kerberos IV,
Kerberos V, SRP, SSL/TLS) to its communications software to allow a level
of privacy not available with ordinary clients, nor even with SSH and its
relatives. Since the software was already inherently scriptable, the
result was a secure, scriptable Telnet (and Rlogin) client that could also
transfer and manage files with Kermit protocol. You can see sample
applications here:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckscripts.html
This base was a natural fit for an FTP client, which was developed over
the past few months and is now available for testing:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpclient.html
I think you will find that it has everything you are looking for:
security, scriptability, as well as basic functionality you just won't
find in any other FTP client. A tutorial on scripting FTP is available
here:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpscript.html
And a guide to sources for secure Telnet (and FTP) servers is here:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/telnetd.html
- Frank