ssl ftp setup from client -- HP-UX 11i

[bin lu_1]

we have HP-UX 11i with openssl and sshd/sftp built in. Now, we need ftp over ssl as request

Secure FTP – The HSBC CES handles SSL-Secured FTP transfers. This does require the business partner’s or the HSBC Bank’s supplied Connect:Enterprise Client, SSL-compatible software to execute on the business partner’s host

How could I setup ssl ftp so that we could sftp to outside server?

Thanks,

[Steven E. Protter]

This may be a firewall issue.

sftp uses port 22. If port 22 is not open on your firewall, you can't accomplish this.

If thats not the issue, I don't understand your question.

If you have ssl installed and secure shell, and there is not a firewall issue, you should be done.

SEP

[bin lu_1]

Steven,

If we have sshd/sftp in HP-UX, how can we use HSBC ssl-secured ftp transfers? suppose we want to upload/download some files from our HP-UX box to HSBC box. What command make ssl-secured ftp work? Do we need our network engineer setup firewall policy allow ssl (its protocol) go through fw from our HP-UX to HSBC site?

Does below command work?
stfp HSBCserver_IP

Thank you for the help,

[Arunvijai_4]

You can use stunnel which is part of HP Internet express , http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPUXIEXP1111
You can tunnel FTP request and make it to use SSL. For more information on stunnel, www.stunnel.org will help.

[SGUX]

I recently ran into this as well; what you want to use is ftps which is different then sftp. What you could use is ncftp (maybe some others but i got this to work)

http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/cgi-bin/search?package=on&description=on&term=ncftp

I found a request to HP to support ftps but this is not yet implemented.