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Reply posted by Justin Freeman on Tue 7 Oct 2003 in response to PHP for Domino Developers, Part 2, Files

SSH as a secure replacement for FTP

Hey Jake,


Something which may not be well known is that the FTP protocol is fairly
insecure, login & password sent in clear text, clear text responses etc.


So a really good alternative is to use the SSH protocol. This not only allows
you to remote shell to your Linux server securely (using an encrypted channel)
but you can also perform file transfers and file management. There's a really
good and free SSH client for Windows and Linux available on http://www.ssh.com
(there probably heaps more out there but this is what I use).


SSH also has the added benefit of the command shell, so you can restart
services, edit config files etc directly.


SSH services come as part of the Red Hat 9 install - so you've probably already
got it running!


SSH is really worth having a look at.


Good article and keep up the effort - it's great stuff.


Cheers mate,
Justin


http://walnut.netmonkey.biz