Re: secure FTP clients [was: recommendations for FTP server]
On 21 Jun 2003 10:44:47 +0200, Florent Rougon wrote:
>Nick Boyce <nick@glimmer.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> GUI Win32 client that does FTP, FTP over SSL, and SFTP. Apparently
>> has some integration with PuTTY,though I can't currently figure out
>> how to get FileZilla to use my PuTTY keystore.
>
>The way I see it is:
> - I load (with Pageant) a key to log as $USER on $HOST
> - I fire filezilla and make an SFTP connection as $USER to $HOST
> - when prompted for the password, I just type garbage
> - the login is successful, meaning FileZilla used the key loaded by
> Pageant to perform the authentication.
Thanks very much for that tip - I've tried this, and it works for me
too. I guess the FileZilla people will be making this "nicer" when
they get the time.
Nick Boyce
Bristol, UK
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