Re: General security question

["istong" <istong () zuniversity com>]

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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