Tx Timothy, I finally used scp.
ITschak On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 9:31 AM Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- ITschak Mugzach *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continuous Monitoring for Legacy **| * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
