Dear Uri, On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 05:20:35PM +0000, Blumenthal, Uri - 0553 - MITLL wrote: > scp may be an ugly protocol, but it works, works nicely from a command > line, and is quite convenient. FTP (and, presumably, sftp) is not > nearly as convenient. > > Why do you think your recommendation to "use sftp instead" keeps > falling on the deaf ear? Usability, perhaps? Yes - usability! > Perhaps it's time to stop preaching to people about what they should > use, but instead - if you really want a change - design, implement, > and release a new tool that would combine the usability of scp with > the security you want to see? SFTP did not seem to make that cut. > Next option? I think Jakub Jelen is proposing exactly that: somehow keep the scp UI we all know and love, and figure out a path to migrate the user base to the sftp protocol under the hood. You ask for a next option, and Jakub's email is exactly that! He wants to build the next option. I'm excited to see where this will bring us. Kind regards, Job _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
