SSH/FTP on HPUX ..connecting to Windows -FTP/SSL

[Tom Haddad]

I have HPUX v11i with SSH. An external user has a WIndows/FTP-SSL host. We wish to connect to their FTP host and copy HPUX files to via a batch script. Anyone familiar with using SFTP under HPUX and how I can configure such a script..?. (unless you have another solution) The eternal user has supplied us with an account and certificate/key info but its all Window-based. Can anyone help?

[Denver Osborn]

If you want to connect to the windows FTP-SSL server I'm not sure you'd do it with sftp. They're not the same utils...

also have a look at this thread;
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=996619

-denver

[Rita C Workman]

Hello Tom !

Well.....trying to automate SSL from UNIX to Windows is beyond my talents (and I've tried). If your Windows guy is using SSL my guess is he's using some kind of Windows SSL third party vendor software, that means any efforts you try using the opensource info on SSL may become moot. I've run into this when I tried and found out that the third party software had 'wrapped' the standard commands to be something else. i.e. ..I gave up !

Suggestion.....as many smarter folks then me have suggested...if they are on Windows, and you have ssh on HPUX running, then see if you can get them to download a freeware copy of ssh for Windows like 'winscp' and make them the client. It means a lack of automation, but keeps control with you, encrypts, is free and easy.

Have fun...
Rgrds,
Rita

[Rita C Workman]

..and Tom, no points for this one. Thanks !

[Court Campbell]

You cannot use sftp to connect to an ftp daemon that utilizes SSL/TLS. You could try kermit(man kermit). I have never used it, but I think it can make secure connections.

[David Nixon]

Hello,

The two FTP/SSL clients that I am familiar with are Core FTP Light and 'lftp'.
The latter has scripting capabilities
that might answer your requirements.

I'm not sure though if 'lftp' has been ported to HP-UX..

daveN.

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

HP education has an Internet Security class that teaches how to make in/out ftp ssl secure and such. The procedure is complex.

The sftp client will not work, you will need a client specific for this purpose or the procedure from http://docs.hp.com that I can't find even with google's help.

Go for a client.

SEP

[Court Campbell]

Man I can be an idiot. Sometimes I forget that people actually write perl modules.

http://search.cpan.org/~kral/Net-FTPSSL-0.04/FTPSSL.pm

[MZ_1]

I'm not sure of the implications of unix to windows but how about "rsync" ?

[Tom Haddad]

The windows client has decided to user WS_FTP IPSWITCH that supports SSL and SSH and we will play the role of FTP host (unix). The process is already in place and works! Thanks to all of you.