Thu Aug 3 15:01:53 BST 2000 putty is a windows based bare bones ssh client that also comes with a scp command-line tool. -- -primus On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 03:39:31PM +0200, Serge Maandag wrote: | Hmm, you do know ssh has scp (secure copy) built in, do you? | | use: scp <file> user@remote.host.com:/home/user/ | | serge. | | -----Original Message----- | From: Bryan -TheBS- Smith [mailto:thebs@theseus.com] | Sent: woensdag 2 augustus 2000 23:46 | To: elug-eluglist@elug.org | Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu | Subject: Need to find a file transfer service that is tunnels easily | (e.g., for use with SSH) ... | | | Need to find a file transfer service that is tunnels easily (e.g., for | use with SSH) ... | | Okay kids, because I half-way value security (let alone cost), our | current remote access for our users comprises of SSH over the | public Internet to a Linux box behind our firewall (we punch a hole | through it for port 22). Windows clients use TeraTerm Pro with | TTSSH as a client (with Blowfish being the preferred encryption | algorithm), establishing their own Internet connection (dial-up, | cable, xDSL, etc...). And we forward ports such as 25 (smtp), 110 | (pop3), 5900-5999 (vnc) as necessary for services. | | Personally, I like this arrangement for 2 reasons: | 1. Don't have to deal with the hassle nor security fears | of maintaining my own dial-in connections/modems | 2. I don't put my security/systems at risk because of | what is located on my user's home computers unlike | VPNs (where everything's open on my network to their | unsecured home system) | | Unfortunately, I have one _major_issue_ with this arrangement, file | transfers. Since FTP does not easily forward/tunnel (for various | reasons, but mainly because the server opens another port for an | actual data connection -- something not noticable until you | actually try to transfer data), we have been using receive/send | zmodem (rz/sz) with limited fan-fare. Basically, while the | engineers don't mind it too much, the less tactful admins do. | | So, I guess what I'm looking for is UNIX/Linux file transfer server | with UNIX/Windows clients that runs on a single port and can be | tunneled over something like SSH. It can run on any port, I'm not | picky, just as long as it can be tunneled. | | One option that I haven't fully explored is to find a nice little | HTTP 1.1 server build specifically for this (anyone know of one?). | With such a server, all you need is a web browser. In fact, I | could do it with Zope (or Apache + scripting), but I don't have | time to work out all the details. But using a web browser as a | client would be sufficient enough, as long as the server has | buttons/scripts/mechanisms to allow uploading. Again, it can run | on any port, separate or alongside Apache -- either way is fine | with me. | | Anyone got any suggestions? I'm assuming the HTTP 1.1 route is | easiest, but if there is an alternate system with at least a basic | client GUI, I'd be willing to look into it. | | Thanx in advance ... | | -- TheBS | | -- | Bryan "TheBS" Smith CONTACT INFO | *********************************************************** | Chat: thebs413 @ AOL/MSN/Yahoo (see http://Everybuddy.com) | Email: mailto:thebs@theseus.com,b.j.smith@ieee.org | Legal: http://www.SmithConcepts.com/legal.html | | - | : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in | the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu | - | : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in | the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu -- primus IP Network Engineering Global Crossing - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
