+++ Marc Herbrechter [14/05/02 21:31 +0200]: > * Skip Morrow 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 > > True, true... > > > 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? > > Well, with HTTPS you can only _get_ the files. You won't be able to > synchronise them or upload any files. There's nothing bad about it I think.... > For securing your directories on the webserver you should use > .htaccess files.
How about WebDAV over SSL? That would allow you to upload / download. Webmin has a java applet file manager that does upload / download. Ken
