Re: MIDRANGE-L Digest, Vol 5, Issue 1863

Wayne,

or like JavaSSH http://javassh.org


Shalom Carmel
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www.hackingiseries.com

from: Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Secure FTP Using SSH

When you say "native sftp client" what exactly are you referring to?
The qshell component of OS400 plus the 5733SC1 licensed program?  In my
mind, that's not a native solution since it runs in a unix shell.  There
isn't any other way to run an sftp client, is there?

Shalom Carmel wrote:

I use the native sftp client on iSeries.
sftp requires either a user/password pair, or key exchange.
If you are looking to automate unattended file transfers then you must
use keys.
BTW, this is true only for the openssh client, like the one we have in
PASE.
Putty (for windows) lets you script file transfers without passwords.

Shalom Carmel
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www.hackingiseries.com

I have been looking for a native sftp client for iSeries for some time
and saw this a redbook a few months ago but it goes far beyond what we
need to do and really does not speak to the simple sftp without using
keys. Our sftp need still uses a userid/password for authentication just
like ftp and ftps but runs the sftp protocol which the FTP command will
not do. Has anyone used this native sftp client in this type of
environment?