Re: General security question

["H. Morrow Long" <morrow.long () yale edu>]

Yes.  I've looked it over and tested it.  It is too bad that it doesn't
interoperate with the existing FTP over SSL implementation(s).

Why didn't IPSwitch make it compatible with the FTP over SSL clients and server
that are compatible with SSLeay and OpenSSL?  Is IPSwitch implementing a new FTP
over SSL/TLS specification in WS+FTP Pro 6.6?

- H. Morrow Long
  Dir - Information Security Office
  Yale University, ITS, University Information Security Office

istong wrote:
> Also bear in mind if you are looking for a more secure FTP solution WS_FTP
> Pro 6.6 now has SSL support.  The downside is you have to use their client
> and server pieces.
>
> FYI,
>
> Ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jensen, Greg" <Greg_Jensen () NAI com>
> To: "'Marcus J. Ranum '" <mjr () nfr com>; <TDyson () sybex com>;
> <firewall-wizards () nfr com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 8:47 AM
> Subject: RE: [fw-wiz] General security question
>
> > Don't exclude PGP E-business Server. This allows you to utilize the
> > encryption strength of PGP with FTP.  You can schedule batch transactions
> > that will automaticly encrypt to individual's private keys, or based on
> SDA
> > (Self Decrypting Archives) using shared secrets.
> >
> > This is one of the hotest encryption products on the market for encrypting
> > and securely transmitting data from point A to point B.  Unlike SSL or
> VPN,
> > sure, the data is encrypted in route, but PGP will also keep the data
> > encrypted AFTER it has arrived at it's destination and will only be
> > decrypted when the recipiant wants it to be decrypted.
> >
> > www.pgp.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marcus J. Ranum
> > To: TDyson () sybex com; firewall-wizards () nfr com
> > Sent: 11/11/00 9:29 AM
> > Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] General security question
> >
> > TDyson () sybex com wrote:
> > > We are debating communication protocols: sockets connection or ftp.
> >
> > I'd strongly recommend you look at using SSH and SCP (Secure Copy)
> > It doesn't have FTP's horrible security properties and it provides link
> > level encryption and public keys as an option. There are free versions
> > available for download, so it's hard to beat the price. See
> > www.openssh.org
> > for details.
> >
> > mjr.
> >
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