Re: [cobalt-users] Raq4 - SSH - and secure FTP

["Bob Cruz" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lilith wrote:

> Bob, sadly, PuTTY doesn't really seem to have a good SFTP client.  It's
> all commandline (unless there's a new version I don't know of).  As the
> question -was- specifically directed toward secure FTP access, I'd be
> interested in any other suggestions you have applicable to that question.
>

Sorry if did not read the original post correctly:

#Start

Ok I finally installed the SSH package provided by cobalt.
I have read on the "openssh" website.....but still wondering
how to start using this safe transfer method ?

Do I need to install any program on my desktop computer (win2000pro) ?
Someone who will be friendly an give me a kick ?

Best regards
Roger Iverin

#End

I had assumed that Roger was asking how to log on with a Secure Shell using
SSH but you are right Lilith, secure FTP is a whole new issue.

Putty also has a Secure FTP program called PSFTP, and can be dowloaded at
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

And again, Lilith is correct, getting end users to use a secure FTP client
is a whole new issue. That sounds like something that should be a sysadmin
issue in regards to Terms of Use or Website Storage Policies.

Regards,

Bob Cruz
G-Web
www.gizmoguam.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lillith Lesanges" <lillith@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Raq4 - SSH - Installed and where to go ?


> On Friday, December 28, 2001, at 03:03 PM, Bob Cruz wrote:
> > This is an issue that I have been discussing in detail on the
> > cobalt-security list.
> > Once you have the OpenSSH.pkg installed, get a hold of Putty
> > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
> >
> > Once you get this set up you should disable telnet on your RAQ.
>
> Right.  PuTTY is fairly good free software (I also like SecureCRT [1]
> which is not free) for replacing telnet with SSH.  Roger, I definitely
> concur with the suggestion of replacing telnet (insecure) with SSH
> (secure).
>
> Bob, sadly, PuTTY doesn't really seem to have a good SFTP client.  It's
> all commandline (unless there's a new version I don't know of).  As the
> question -was- specifically directed toward secure FTP access, I'd be
> interested in any other suggestions you have applicable to that question.
>
> I hope I don't sound -too- much like I'm thrashing a dead horse, but one
> of the major problems in getting end users and clients to be actually
> security-minded is the lack of good software that encourages it.  As I
> mentioned, I really like Dreamweaver, but it doesn't have any secure FTP
> options... nor does FrontPage (iirc).  Disabling telnet is all well and
> good, but as long as people are using vanilla FTP, passwords are still
> going in the clear.
>
>
> Lillith K. Lesanges
> Sysadmin/Programmer, MIS, Inc. http://www.misinc.net/
>
> [1] http://www.vandyke.com/  Their motto is "Software that works" and
> for Windows software, their success at working software is definitely an
> achievement.  It will also do some file upload/downloading, unless I
> misrecall.
>
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