SSL Enabled FTP Client for OpenVMS

[Kyle Snavely_1]

Hello all,

I'm looking for an FTP client for VMS that is capable of using SSL for a secure session. I've done research on this but I have not been able to come across a FTP client with this support. The closest thing to answers were the statements to use sftp or finding someone to port the c-kermit 8.0 ftp module to VMS.

Has anyone ever come across a client that can do this?

Thanks.

[Martin P.J. Zinser · Accepted solution]

Hi,

well, essentially sftp is an ftp client with SSL. There are at least implementations from
Process and hp. I haven't checked yet, but am pretty sure the lastest TCP 5.4 ECO 4 has further improvements for sftp ;-)

Greetings, Martin

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

But note that on version 7.3 (and lower) with tcp 5.3 nothing workable is available from HP.

[Ian Miller.]

V5.4 ECO 4 information is here and there are some useful comments on sftp
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/layered_products/alpha/DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP_ECO-V0504-154-4.txt
and the patch is available here
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/layered_products/alpha/DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP_ECO-V0504-154-4.PCSI-DCX_AXPEXE

[Kyle Snavely_1]

Martin, thanks for the reply (as well as others). But I'm under the impression that sftp uses SSH instead of SSL as a transport? Is sftp synonymous with using something like WS_FTP Pro and creating a connection type of FTP/Implicit SSL or FTP/SSL (AUTH SSL)?

Thanks,

Kyle

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

This may help
http://www.rpatrick.com/tech/ssh-ssl/

Wim

[Jan van den Ende]

Kyle,

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Proost.

[Kyle Snavely_1]

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