RE: Anonymous FTP
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Jason Mogavero wrote:
> If you use ssh to administer the machines that need to transfer files, you
> can use scp, which is an encrypted file transfer method using the ssh
> daemon. If you're transferring files into an unsecure network, you'd be
> better off using scp anyway. The downfall of this is that you need valid
> accounts on both boxes....there's no anonymous login, as it authenticates
> the same way ssh does. (as far as I know)
>
I was under the impression that I couldn't run scp unattended. Is that
not correct?
> There are also command-line scp clients for Win32, so if you have NT boxes
> in the mix, they can still be scripted.
>
> www.ssh.org should have links to all the free ssh-based applications you
> need.
>
> The only other solution I can think of that would allow anonymous access is
> to run apache and post the files you need to transfer to the web content
> directory, then use wget in a script on the box outside your firewall to
> snag the files.
>
The box outside the firewall can't reach anything inside the firewall
without going through a SecureID gateway--ie. wget can't see anything on
the internal network.
> I guess it all depends on how secure you need it to be and how sensitive the
> information is.
>
>
> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Kerr [mailto:kerrr@et.byu.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 2:39 PM
> To: Debian List
> Subject: Anonymous FTP
>
>
> Hi all,
> Due to a bug in FTP, we're going to lose our anonymous ftp privileges at
> my place of work. We depend heavily upon anonymous ftp to update certain
> files and such on a machine that is outside our firewall. What kind of
> replacements are available to allow unattended transfer of files from a
> secure network to an unsecure network?
>
> thanks
>
>
--
-bob
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