FTP using SSL

[Dave Johnson_1]

I have been asked to determine what I need to do to be able to FTP using SSL from script files on my HP-UX 11.0 systems to/from 3rd party vedors such as bank and payroll.
Please point me in the right direction. Relate your success/horror stories about this.
Thank you
-Dave

[Christian Gebhardt]

Hi
you can use "sftp" instead of ftp.
"sftp" comes for example with openssh-distribution for free and provides the same login mechanism as ssh connects:
- publikkey, password - login
- encryption

To install and configure ssh (highly recommended also without using sftp) you will find many postings in this forum.

Chris

[Donald Kok]

Hi Dave,

Working with sftp is the same as working with ftp, only it is secure. like ssh works like sh, and scp works like cp.

Sometimes live is easy....
Goodluck
Donald

[U.SivaKumar_2]

Hi,
sftp is a subsystem of secure shell (ssh). It means that sshd daemon should be running for sftp to work. sshd listens for conections in tcp port 22.

sftp encrypts both ftp password and ftp data. So it's performance drops for large file transfers due to high CPU utilisation when doing encryption for large data.

regards,
U.SivaKumar

[Kellogg Unix Team]

You may also want to talk to 3rd party vendors before going forward with ssh/scp. At times, pgp/gpg encription is what they are looking for. You may ask your networking team if you have dedicated lines to your 3rd party vendors or data will go on public line (internet).

...Manjeet