Gary Oberbrunner wrote: > subbukk wrote: > >> sftp and scp both require receiver to share login password with sender. nc >> doesn't. It just reads/writes bytestreams from/to network sockets. E.g. You >> can transfer sub-directories across machines with : >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ nc -lp 9999 | tar xzvf - ./src >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ tar czvf - ./src | nc -q 10 192.168.1.2 9999 >> >> without exchanging passwords. >> > > It's extremely cool, and good for hardcore users, but most people don't > have the level of understanding needed to use netcat effectively. Plus > ftpd/sshd are standard daemons; netcat can be daemonized too but it > requires some hand-coding. >
Uh, well ssh/scp is not exactly the naive user's best friend as far as ease of setup. > -- Gary > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel