[clue-tech] sftp or ftps?

[Angelo Bertolli]

David L. Anselmi wrote:
> Angelo Bertolli wrote:
>> I was wondering if anyone knew how I could do transfers of large data
>> without encryption but still keep passwords encrypted?
>
> Why?  rsync is likely the best way to transfer large data and it runs
> over ssh.  From your description it sounds like ftps is the one that
> does what you want.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.  I like rsync, but I the issue really
is with not encrypting the data itself.  The data transfers are
predicted to average about 3 TB per day, and some of the clients who
want this data have said they cannot handle their portion with the
encryption.

I also looked at "secure FTP" which is (it seems) an SSH connection for
control that opens regular data connections.  I guess it's like ftps
except that it probably uses the control over the SSH port instead of
the FTP port.

I think we'll probably just end up using anonymous FTP with IP
restrictions.  It seems like the best choice to me considering the
nature of what's being transferred and doesn't violate any policies
like:  1) passwords must be encrypted, 2) users much each have
individual logins.  This way no passwords are being passed, but we're
still keeping random users or robots from eating up bandwidth.

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