FTP transfer on SSH tunnel

From: Fernando Nachtigall (fnachtigall2_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/17/05 

Date: 17 Aug 2005 13:29:19 -0700

Folks,

I have a (propably) unusual situation and need your help getting this
through. Here´s the problem:

I have several Windows servers running FTP servers. Those servers are
used by one UNIX database box, which acts as a FTP client to get and
send files.

I want to make those transfers safe, and the first thought was to
migrate the FTP service to SCP. The solution would then require us to
buy all those Windows FTP server a SCP/SFTP Server license. Free
software is not an option (...).

What I want to do is to install a SSH client on my Windows server, and
estabilish a tunnel from them to my UNIX server. Then, redirect the FTP
requisitions started on the UNIX server to use the tunnel and get to
the correct Windows server, where it comes out the tunnel and is sent
to the FTP service.

In sum, the FTP server will be the SSH client (creating the tunnel),
and the FTP client will be the SSH server.

Is it possible? Is that reasonable?

Thanks!!
Fernando Nachtigall

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