Hi, There is no way an "ordinary" ssh-client can fully tunnel ftp. By fully I mean both the data and the command channels of the ftp-connection. This means that if you have a ftp-server that accepts connections from different ip-addresses for data/command then you CAN set up an ordinary ssh-tunnel e.g. from your host to ftp-server port 21. This does only work if you also have a "clear-text" connection-path directly to the ftp-server, i.e. if it is "behind" a firewall/NAT then you won't get it working anyway. In ssh2 you have the option of using sftp which needs a "proprietary" ftp-server, but I have not used that so I can't say if integration with "ordinary" ftp-clients is possible. However, I have done an ssh1.5-client in pure java which have the ability to tunnel (real proxy) ftp-connections. With clients that do passive ftp it works without problems (using e.g. Netscape/IE4/WS_ftp as ftp-clients). If your ftp-client can only do PORT commands then it works in a limited way depending on the situation you can only do 10 PORT-commands / minute (due to cumbersome solution which is the only way to do it with current ssh-protocol if you don't want to change the protocol). I will release a new version of the code that is fully functional later this week, check it out at: www.mindbright.se/mindterm/ Cheers, /Mats On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, David W. Robinson wrote: > As a newcomer to this technology I have a basic question: > > Is it possible to set up a regular ftp GUI to function as the front end > of a secure ftp connection, or perhaps rather scp connection, using SSH? > > Command line scp is just too cumbersome. There must be a better way. > > Thanks, > > David Robinson >
