Re: secure ftp

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 01:44:28PM -0400, Brian Stults wrote:
> _____ is to ncftp, as ssh is to telnet.
> 
> Is there a secure method of ftp?  I use ssh instead of telnet between my 
> home and work computers, but figured that's not all that great if I use 
> ftp just as much and it isn't as secure.  I really like ncftp, though, 
> so I would hate to give it up.  What would be great is if there was some 
> kind of secure wrapper (is that the right use of that term?) for ncftp. 
>   Can someone suggest something?

If you have ssh access to the host you want to ftp to, you can use a ssh
tunnel. Check the port forwarding stuff in ssh manpage.

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