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Re: [cobalt-security] Secure FTP
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Secure FTP
- From: "Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:00:06 -0500
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
"Tim King" <tgk5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am currently trying to create a new security policy for our RAQ4 (we
were
> hacked a little while ago, so now no detail is too small) and I was
> wondering if anyone's got any suggestions for a secure FTP system that's
> suitably invisible to clients. I've looked into SSH but I'm not really
> willing to grant shell access.
Take a look at SCP (secure copy protocol). It's part of the SSH source
distro and is an encrypted alternative to FTP. WinSCP (freely available,
search on google.com) supports SCP as do other client tools. You do not
have to grant shell access for users to use SCP.
--
Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
http://www.befriend.com/