You can add VNC over ssh to provide a GUI interface. Joe Klein
-----Original Message----- From: harley mcdonald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:12 PM To: Skip Morrow; Security-Basics Subject: Re: https skip, try putty ( pscp.exe and putty.exe ) : http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ as long as you can write to some "folder" you should be able to run it, i think. no install necessary. h .. --- Skip Morrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know that I should use ssh instead of telnet and > scp instead of ftp. The > problem is, windows clients are kinda hard to come > by for scp. Yeah, I know > of several, but at work, it takes an act of congress > to install anything on > the computers. So, what about https? I want to be > able to grab files off > of my home computer while at work. The easy answer > is to run an ftp server. > But I won't, for obvious reasons. I can run sshd, > and I do, but I have the > afore-mentioned problem. If I set up apache with > SSL, can I set up a secure > web page that asks for a password that will allow me > to browse my file > system? Then I could use any up-to-date web browser > to grab my files. Good > idea? Bad idea? Bad, but not as bad as FTP? Good, > but not as good as > SCP/SSH? > > Skip > > I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done, > so now I just have to > fill in the rest. > - Steven Wright > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
