[clue-tech] sftp or ftps?

[David L. Anselmi]

Angelo Bertolli wrote:
> David L. Anselmi wrote:
[...]
> 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.

Really?  270+ Mbps all day long?

> 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.

Yes, it shouldn't be any harder to manage an access list of IPs vs a 
list of users.

Dave