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Ok, I understand that, but back to my question: why do you need encryption for something that's openly available anyway, for example an open-source program? And
by mojuba 19y ago
Ok, I understand that, but back to my question: why do you need encryption for something that's openly available anyway, for example an open-source program? And it's not everyday that we copy private business data over the Net, so my point is, it would be nice to have an option for faster unencrypted transfers.
- mdakin 19y agoLook into rsync [1] if you want transfers to be fast. You have the option (but not the requirement) to encrypt by using rsync in concert with ssh. Incidentally I do transfer private business data over the network, encrypted, every single day, usually many times per day. [1] http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/ http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/
- ratsbane 19y agoI strongly agree with the article and with mdakin's point; scp is good but rsync is better. ftp is awkward, flawed, and obsolete. I am amazed that it is still used as much as it is. Perhaps the problem is largely due to Windows admins. ssh still doesn't ship with Windows and too many Windows admins aren't familiar with it.
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- ratsbane 19y agohttp. The article succinctly described several problems with ftp which http doesn't share: 1) bin/ascii modes (bytes are bytes, right?) 2) multiple ports make a mess of NAT 3) plaintext credentials.