Re: secure transfers and authentication

[Franz Reinhardt <franz.reinhardt () gmail com>]

Is OpenVPN an option for you? OpenVPN is available for Linux and Windows. It 
is (very) easy to configure.

Franz

On Tuesday 01 April 2008 23:57:04 Francisco Neira Basso wrote:
> mgk.mailing wrote:
> > Hi List
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone had run across anything that would help with
> > my current project.   I am looking to automate transfers over an
> > insecure network where both the client and server are authenticated to
> > each other.  My current line of thinking is using ssl signed
> > certificates from our Certificate authority to do the authentication and
> > then https to transfer the data.  Putting aside that http may not be the
> > best transfer mechanism for data can anyone make any suggestions or
> > point out any potential pitfalls that maybe there?  It is vital that the
> > transfer is protected and that the client and server is authenticated.
> > Thanks
> >
> > mgk
>
> Hello,
>
> What about scp?