ITschak Mugzach wrote: >I need to upload a file to SuSE 15.1. FTP is not installed and I can't find >a client / server in the repos (installation materials). what is the name >of the ftp? client or server, I don't care.
Daniel P. Martin wrote: >Best recommendation: Enable 'openssh' on the server, install an SSH >client on the remote system, and use sftp to transfer materials. Plan to >adjust server-side firewall rules if the system is not already enabled >for SSH connections. I agree. We really ought to be consistently applying at least basic security practices and precautions every time, all the time. Network encryption is a basic security practice. So, let's not use FTP but rather SFTP or FTPS. Evidently SuSE 15.1 leaves FTP out of its distribution as a security "nudge." Here are a couple more file transfer options: * Commands such as wget and curl support HTTPS and can transfer files. This choice is likely the most "firewall friendly." * Network File System (NFS) with an encrypted transport such as IPSEC. - - - - - - - - - - Timothy Sipples I.T. Architect Executive Digital Asset & Other Industry Solutions IBM Z & LinuxONE - - - - - - - - - - E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www2.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
