Re: Right ftp server
At Friday, 19 December 2003, David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org> wrote:
>"Gruessle" <debian@orces.com> writes:
>
>> Usually I chouse to make my own mind up, but man there is so match to
>> read on all this if I don't get help I will be never done.
>> Also usually I like to get the best, so I was thinking proftp
at first.
>>
>> But I need something basic easy to config., something I don't have to
>> read two books on before I can get going.
>> Don't need anonymous
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> I like X config stuff if there is something
>>
>> Which is the right ftp server for me?
>
>None, especially if you don't need anonymous access. Use scp to copy
>files to and from your machine (part of the ssh package, which
>includes a server). It's more firewall-friendly than FTP and doesn't
>involve sending your password over the network in the clear.
>
furthermore, if you are accessing your linux box from a windblows
machine, teraterm w/ tssh (using kermit/gkermit) and win2scp are
good clients to run on the windblows machine to access files via
ssh.
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