Re: [tlug] [thread hijack] sftp

[Blomberg David <dblomber@example.com>]

On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 01:08, David Oftedal wrote:
> >> sftp commands to download files through a secure connection (it uses the
> >> secure shell protocol).  You may also want to look at rsync, which 
> >> also uses
> >> ssh to communicate.
> >
> To start off, my sincerest (ish) apologies for the thread hijacking.
> 
> I totally don't know what I'm talking about here, but am I right in 
> assuming that SFTP is not only encrypted, but also runs on a single 
> port, contrary to FTP?
> 
> I'm behind one of those uni firewalls that block all inward ports with 
> no exceptions, and although I can TUNNEL over ssh, I can only tunnel 
> single-port stuff like HTTP with my limited time and knowledge. (Unless 
> I use a VPN client from the outside, that is, and it's heavily monitored 
> and I really can't be bothered.)
> 
> Also, what servers and clients are available for Gentoo? Are any of them 
> good? ;)
> 
> -- 
> http://home.no.net/david/
According to my knowledge Simple FTP uses port 115 only for all comm. 
(many people calling it secure FTP but as far as I know its not too
secure :) )
-- 
David Blomberg
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