Re: [cobalt-users] SSH Question

[flash22@xxxxxxx]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Simon Brown wrote:
> You said: 
> >Also running ftp under ssh - is that possible?
> 
> You can't really run an ftp server through it, but if all you want to do is 
> copy files to and from your machine then ssh comes with a nifty little 
> utility called "scp". I use it all the time. It's great.

Another interesting alternative that seems often overlooked is to run ftp
'backwards', eg , if you are the only one who uses ftp, you can disable
the server end and use the ftp client on the server (via ssh) and ftp to
yourself. 

How big a pain this is depends on how big a deal it is to have an ftp
server on your local machine, and how hard it is to find your own IP
address to connect to....

This does shift some of the security issues to your machine since you now
have a server there, but it's probably easier to deal with your local
machine getting toasted then a remote server....

Of course, using scp has the advantage of encrypting the data itself, so
it's a good recommendation:)

gsh