SUMMARY: secure ftp & netscape roaming access

From: Dan Kirkpatrick <dkirk_at_suhep.phy.syr.edu>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 17:24:23 -0500

Thanks for all the responses... I haven't implemented any yet but figured a
timely Summary would be preferred

As far as secure ftp from other than unix clients:
- ssh2 supposedly has a secure ftp-like transfer (commercial: DataFellows
and others) , but not a likely candidate for us, hoping for a lower cost
solution for many client PC's not running unix.
- There's an FTP client that secures the data and control
channels http://srp.stanford.edu/srp/
- Tunneling a ftp connection through ssh works, but it's not excactly easy
to setup
- or SafeTP which looks VERY promising...
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~smcpeak/SafeTP
    I'll have to read into this one some more and try it first.


As far as Netscape Roaming Access... see http://www.klomp.org/mod_roaming/
for a module for Apache that will allow it.
Or you can buy the Netscape server suite... which is too high cost for this
option for us.


--Dan

>What options are there for a more secure FTP with ease of setup for PC
>clients to our unix servers.
>
>I know there's scp that is a secure version of rcp, but I need a solution
>for the average PC and miscellaneous mac user. Perhaps there is no "easy"
>solution.
>
>
>Also, I'd really like to take advantage of the "netscape roaming access"
>and have it coordinated with our server... but have no idea what I need...
>and haven't seen any "sys admin" help on this.
>
>Thanks!

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Computer Systems Manager
Department of Physics
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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