Re: scp encryption

From: Faleh Daoud Abdel Monem (abdelmonem_at_webone-tunisie.com)
Date: 10/04/04

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    Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:16:27 +0100
To: Ian Gallagher <cdine.org@gmail.com>

    Hello List,

    As Far as i know there is no configuration option to turn encryption
    on/off in the openssh implementation, however the encryption cipher
    could be specified either with the -c cmd line option or in the
    ssh_config file.
    Now about if it will or will never transfer anything unencrypted one
    could look to the ssh options FallBackToRsh and UseRsh, thought (correct
      me if i'm wrong) they would allow an unencrypted file transfer if the
    ssh service is not availeble on the other side and rsh is there.

    Regards
    Daoud.

    Ian Gallagher wrote:
    > All SCP Sessions are encapsulated within an SSH session, so the files
    > being transferred are indeed encryptped, with whatever algorith your
    > client and host are configured to. SCP Willnever, to my knowledge,
    > transfer anything unencrypted.
    >
    >
    > On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 07:20:17 -0400, Lissa Valletta <lissav@us.ibm.com> wrote:
    >
    >>
    >>Does scp always encrypt the data that is being copied or does one of the
    >>configuration options turn encryption on/off? If encryption is off by
    >>default, can it be overridden on the command?
    >>
    >>Thanks!
    >>
    >>Lissa K. Valletta
    >>414/3-8
    >>Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
    >>(tie 293) 433-3102
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    >
    >

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