Re: clientless windowsbased sftp / ssh server?

From: Alex (alex.ferguson_at_NOSPAMdartmouth.edu)
Date: 05/06/03

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    Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 10:02:54 -0400

    On 6 May 2003 00:49:26 -0700
    bjoeboo@hotmail.com (bjoeboo) wrote:

    > Maybe someone can help me with this. I want to run some sort of
    > secure ftp server so I can uplode/d-lode school papers and homework
    > to my home server from my work/school windows 2000 desktops. My
    > dilemma is I can't/don't want to install anything (clients)on my work
    > or school's machines. Now I know that regular ie6 handles normal ftp
    > client functions fine but they're not secure, and I guess I could
    > maybe run a secure http webserver instead of ftp server since ie6
    > clients can use ssh(padlock icon) to download. But if I do a
    > webserver then I think I can only download from it, not upload to it.
    > Isn't there some means I can use inherent Windows 2k pro tools/clients
    > to establish a secure connection to some sort of server i can build at
    > home so that usernames and passwords aren't exchanged in the clear?

    It's not super convenient, and it doesn't hide the contents of your files, but you could try a one time pass system for ftp. OpenBSD and FreeBSD and possibly NetBSD come with S/Key in the base install.

    --Alex 

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