Re: Weird ncftp Issue?
Karen Lewellen <[email protected]>
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Although I am not a Linux user, i can say firmly that sftp works fine with shellworld...I use it rather much truth be told smiles. Just a thought from the corner, Kare On Mon, 7 Mar 2016, Tim Chase wrote: > On March 7, 2016, Tony Baechler wrote: >> Tim is wrong in that rsync doesn't support telnet. It does support >> rsh, but again, I would strongly recommend using ssh for security. > > Doh, sorry I remembered it worked over an insecure protocol and > jumped to the conclusion that it was telnet, but you're right, it's > rsh. Either way, both are insecure and, since shellworld appears to > offer SSH access, I'd advise against using either telnet or rsh (or > plain-old FTP for that matter) when secure alternatives exist. You > can even "sftp" which has roughly the same user interface as "ftp" but > connects over SSH (and has the added benefit of no longer having > issues with "passive" connections and client-side firewalls). > > And rsync really is an amazing tool. I use it regularly and it > speeds up my syncs/transfers considerably. > > -tim > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >