RE: FTP Reccomendations

Yes, SFTP is part of the iSeries port of OpenSSH.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: FTP Reccomendations
> From: "Smith, Dave" <dsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, September 14, 2005 8:17 am
> To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Good morning,
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> I have a customer needing to FTP files on a regular basis to a large
> financial institution from their iSeries V5R2.    I was given many
> connection options.   One is dial in Bisync which I know I can get up
> and running.   
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> Another option is SFTP:
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> SSHFTP (a.k.a SFTP):
> 
> *        SFTP client/server must be compatible with OpenSSH 
> 
> *        Xxxxxxx or customer can initiate (prefer site that creates data
> to initiate transfer) 
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> Other options include:
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> SecureFTP (a.k.a FTPS), HTTPS, FTP with PGP, FTP over VPN, AS2.....
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> Is our version of SFTP compatible with OpenSSH?   Do I need any third
> party software to do this?  How involved/difficult is the setup on
> something like this?  All opinions welcome.
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> 
> David Smith
> 
> IT Consultant
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