Re: sFTP question

My understanding of it is that sFTP is to FTP like HTTPS is to HTTP. All
data passing over FTP is in clear text. Data passing over sFTP is
encrypted.

AGlauser@xxxxxxxxxxxx 11/17/2006 8:25:30 AM >>>

Mike Cunningham wrote on 16/11/2006 04:55:05 PM:

I think Jerry is trying to do the same thing I wanted to do but

could

not get it to work either. I needed to do an sFTP file transfer in
unattended mode in the middle of the night and the company who I was
sending data to used only sFTP but only with userid and passwords,

not

public keys. I needed to send the userid and password to the remote
server just like I do FTP from the iSeries, using a script file. I

ended

up getting WsFTP from Ipswitch which has an sFTP implementation that

let

me define the userid and password in the a script. The PC it runs on

has

a drive map to the IFS and at 2:00 am kicks off an SFTP logon to the
remote server, sends a userid and password, copys a file from the

remote

server to the IFS and then copys a file from the IFS to the remote
server and disconnects.

This conversation has got me thinking - am I missing something, or is
sFTP 
using userid/password no more secure than normal FTP?  Is there some 
method of passing the userid/password securely that hasn't been
mentioned?

Just curious,
Adam 


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