PRO FTP and SFTP

[Regina Mitchell]

I have installed ssh which has sftp on our server running 11.i OS. The customer is requesting we install a product HP Proftpd.

Can proftpd and sftp be used simutaneously? And does proftpd provides the same security as sftp that comes with HP?

[Arunvijai_4 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Yes, you can use proftpd and sftp simultaneously and ProFTPD is a server and SFTP is a client.

Inorder to get security with SSL, you may have to use custom module like mod_ssl and mod_ldap.

Remember, SFTP is supported by HP and ProFTPD is supported by Opensource community.

Hope this is clear.

-Arun

[Regina Mitchell]

Do you know if proftp and sftp use the same ports?

[Steven E. Protter]

Pro ftp uses 21, in come configurations 20.

It can be configured to other ports.

It is still an ftp server. That means it transmits passwords in clear text. It is extremely easy to intercept passwords going back and forth to any ftp server.

SFTP is part of openssh. Authentication is encrypted and you will end up secure.

You can use the two products side by side because openssh/sftp uses port 22.

So, if you can get your users to use sftp and you will end up more secure.

SEP

[Regina Mitchell]

Thank you for your reply. This is what I needed to hear. There is an application called ETIME that is requires ftp with ssl. The customers thinks that proftp will provide this. Sftp cannot provide ftp with ssl.

Thanks again for the reply.

[Arunvijai_4]

Hi,

You can install ProFTPD from Internet express and use mod_tls, take a look at this doc for more details

http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/doc/contrib/ProFTPD-mini-HOWTO-TLS.html

-Arun

[Regina Mitchell]

I have read the threads and will attempt to install based on the information given.