RE: FTP-S

[jmmckee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dennis.  

John McKee
-----Original message-----
From: "Dennis Lovelady" iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:38:58 -0500
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: FTP-S

> I haven't been following this, but there is a difference, pretty well
> summarized here:
> http://geekswithblogs.net/bvamsi/archive/2006/03/23/73147.aspx
>
> Dennis Lovelady
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/dennislovelady
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> > -----Original Message-----
>
>
> > Below is the rationale for dropping sFTP.  Does this make sense?  I get
> > the impression that the manager believes sFTP (and ssh) is not secure.
> > Or, that ssh (and sFTP) are not as good as FTP/S.
> >
> >
> > "The system supports FTPS, which is a tightening of security as it
> > prevents excessive SSH accounts that can make the server more
> > vulnerable. "
>
>
>
> > > Yep.  I received a later email from their DP manager that stated that
> > sFTP and FTP-S were identical.  Sounds uninformed, to me.  Not sure I
> > was clear after reading my post.  I would be client side.  We have
> > TAATOOLS and one tool is FTP2, which seems to provide FTP-S.  I guess
> > my main question, based on having read other adventures with FTP-S
> > relates to certificates.  Are certificates server only, client, or both?
> > I know that sFTP has to have known hosts on both ends.  Isn't this also
> > true for FTP-S?
> > > John McKee
> > > -----Original message-----
> > > From: Kirk Goins kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:35:50 -0500
> > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: FTP-S
> > >
> > > > So just to confirm they are going from a OpenSSH version of FTP to
> > a SSL
> > > > based version?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:20 AM, jmmckee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > > > A vendor has been using sFTP but now has decided that this will
> > not be used
> > > > > on a replacement server as od Sep 15.  They are switching to FTP-
> > S on that
> > > > > date.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anybody direct me to documentation on how to use this as a
> > client?
>
>
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