Re: Proposed enhancement to scp
From: Richard E. Silverman (res_at_qoxp.net)
Date: 02/27/04
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Date: 26 Feb 2004 23:20:20 -0500
>>>>> "NKG" == Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@comcast.net> writes:
NKG> The original rcp did not have encryption, host authentication,
NKG> public key authentication, cross-platform compilation, proper
NKG> handling of connections with background jobs running, or a
NKG> plethora of other useful features. Those are coming from our
NKG> faithful OpenSSH developers, and we appreciate it.
To be accurate, scp does not have these things either. scp is mostly a
rewrite of rcp with the ability to call an arbitrary program to contact
the remote host -- and by default, this is "ssh", which gives it security.
It exists simply to give people who are used to rcp a secure, familiar
alternative. There isn't much point in adding lots of features to it,
which can already by realized using other common programs running over SSH
in the same fashion, such as tar, rsync, etc.
-- Richard Silverman res@qoxp.net
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