topic Re: ssl ftp client in Operating System - HP-UX

ssl ftp client

Unix Administrator_5 — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:06:08 GMT

We are running hpux 11.0 on an L2000.

We need an ftp client that will connect to an ftp server using SSL for security.

Is there any such animal for hpux?

Re: ssl ftp client

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:08:14 GMT

Install openssh2. This comes with sftp which is the ftp client that you are looking at. You can get openssh2 from the following URL.

http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Networking/Admin/openssh-3.5p1/

-Sri

Re: ssl ftp client

Unix Administrator_5 — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:34:08 GMT

sftp doent employ ssl does it.

I have to use ssl.

Re: ssl ftp client

Steven E. Protter — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:38:36 GMT

sftp can use public encryption keys, which should be good enough.

I'm attaching my(from hp) cookbook on the subject. This might answer your questions. If ssl is some kind of uninformed management directive, sftp with public encryption key exchange is just as good.

The point is being secure, not how you become secure.

There is no known way to intercept or decrypt sftp traffic unless someone has access to both machines. Even then its tough.

P

Re: ssl ftp client

Unix Administrator_5 — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:54:51 GMT

Unfortunately, the ftp server is on an AS400 which uses ssl (secure socke layer). We have to be able to provide a client that can use this protocol.

Re: ssl ftp client

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 20:11:56 GMT

I understand it now.

You can use lftp. It is a public domain software. You may need to recompile it with openssl. Look at the downloads section in this URL. If the precompiled binaries do not include ssl, then you may have to compile it from the source.

http://lftp.yar.ru/

-Sri

Re: ssl ftp client

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 30 Jan 2003 07:34:45 GMT

No secure shell for AS400. Who'd have thunk.

I'm going to have to learn how to use ssl.

P