[ILUG] sftp with ncftp

[Hunt, Bryan]

If you set ftp to use passive mode it will only use one channel.
So you can tunnel ftp but scp is a nicer option.
--B


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Moen [mailto:rick at linuxmafia.com]
Sent: 06 March 2002 00:24
To: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] sftp with ncftp


Quoting David Neary (bolsh at gimp.org):

> I like the security of sftp, but I like the interface and
> features of ncftp - is it possible to just get ncftp to use ssl
> as it's transport layer (or whatever the correct phrase is), and
> keep the feature set while gaining the securite of ssh/ssl?

I don't think so.  It's not practical to tunnel ftp, in large part
because it uses two separate TCP ports at the same time.

My advice:  Learn to love scp.  ;->


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