RE: [cobalt-users] more security questions - was 'purchasing a secure certificatefr om Thawte'

[Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As this entire list has already seen, I'm no expert and so some of
your questions I'll leave unanswered out of simple ignorance. I'm
sure someone else will jump in as well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Brian Baggett
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 10:19 AM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] more security questions - was 'purchasing a
> secure certificatefr om Thawte'
> 
> If my RaQ3 is remotely hosted and only has one drive, how can 
> I securely back up files without FTP'ing them unencrypted across
> the net?  Can you connect via ssh and then do an FTP inside of
> that connection? Are there any easy to use secure FTP clients?

I don't know if there is such a thing as a secure FTP client, but
you've already hit on the right answer: SSH. You can setup SSH to
do port forwarding from your PC to your server (forward localhost:21
to server:21) [is ftp on 21? I forget...]. Now, open a secure
connection to your server with SSH, then point your normal FTP
client to localhost:21 and SSH will automatically encrypt and
tunnel the traffic to your server's FTPd.

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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>