Re: SFTP versus FTP over SSH2
From: Michael J. Pelletier (mjpelletier_at_mjpelletier.com)
Date: 03/08/05
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Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:12:38 -0800
Will wrote:
> Can someone please explain what is the difference between SFTP and FTP
> over
> SSH2? Is SFTP less secure?
>
> We used to use the FTP over SSH2 to access files on a public server. Now
> when we connect using FTP over SSH2 we get an error that this option is
> administratively prohibited. The vendor who administers the box is
> claiming that SFTP was the only authorized protocol, and all of those
> successful FTP
> over SSH2 sessions we have done for the last 18 months don't exist.
> Since I don't know what signature each type of login will leave on a BSD
> logfile, I don't know how to disprove the claim.
>
> Clearly something on their server changed, and they simply don't
> understand
> the system well enough to know what to look for. Can anyone suggest
> possible configuration changes on their server that might account for
> getting errors like the one above from an SFTP client when connecting in
> FTP over SSH2 mode?
>
sftp IS ssh....part of ssh includes tunneling (ie X) and file transfer (if
you allow it, that is ;-) )
Michael
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