Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Tue, 16 May 2017 04:58:44 +0200 Kai Krakow wrote: > If this is the underlying (and perfectly legitimate) problem, you need > to deploy a solution that's most easy for your users and not for you. > That may involve a custom transfer solution where they simply can drop >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Monday 15 May 2017 20:57:50 Kai Krakow wrote: > > Of course the server will have to be accessible over port 500 for the > > clients to be able to get to it, but this is a port forwarding/DMZ > > network configuration exercise at the server end. > > Oh wait... So I need to forward port 500 and

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

Kai Krakow writes: > Am Sun, 14 May 2017 01:25:24 +0100 > schrieb lee : > >> "Poison BL." writes: >> >> > On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 9:11 PM, lee wrote: >> >> >> >> "Poison BL." writes: >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

Kai Krakow writes: > Am Sun, 14 May 2017 01:28:55 +0100 > schrieb lee : > >> Kai Krakow writes: >> >> > Am Sat, 29 Apr 2017 22:02:51 -0400 >> > schrieb "Walter Dnes" : >> > >> >> Then there's always

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

Kai Krakow writes: > Am Sun, 14 May 2017 02:18:56 +0100 > schrieb lee : > >> Kai Krakow writes: >> >> > Am Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:02:57 +0100 >> > schrieb lee : >> > >> >> Alan McKinnon

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Sunday 14 May 2017 11:35:29 Kai Krakow wrote: > Am Sun, 14 May 2017 09:52:41 +0100 > > schrieb Mick : > > On Saturday 13 May 2017 23:58:17 R0b0t1 wrote: > > > I had some problems setting up OpenVPN that were solved by using > > > per-client public keys. That seems to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Sun, 14 May 2017 02:59:41 +0100 lee wrote: > That requires shell access. Not necessarily, it just requires a competent ISP. For instance, there's no shell access on github, but there's still ssh-based sync. So you just need to have a restricted environment that only

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 4:47 PM, R0b0t1 wrote: > That is only in one setup. It is possible to assign an IP address to > OpenVPN such that you will need any traffic to cross onto your LAN. > Whoops: "It is possible to assign an IP address to OpenVPN such that you will need

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 3:52 AM, Mick wrote: >> I had some problems setting up OpenVPN that were solved by using >> per-client public keys. That seems to be the best supported >> configuration (as well as the most secure). Windows-side using >> OpenVPN-GUI is very easy.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Sun, 14 May 2017 02:48:46 +0100, lee wrote: > > But you could offer access via OpenVPN and tunnel samba through > > that. > > I haven't been able yet to figure out what implications creating a VPN > has. I understand it's supposed to connect networks through a secured > tunnel, but what

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

> > These certificates are a very stupid thing. They are utterly > > complicated, you have to self-sign them which produces warnings, and > > they require to have the host name within them as if the host wasn't > > known by several different names. > > Use LetsEncrypt then, you can add any number

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Saturday 13 May 2017 23:58:17 R0b0t1 wrote: > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Mick wrote: > > On Monday 01 May 2017 22:36:00 Nils Freydank wrote: > >> On Sat, 30 Apr 2017 19:04:06 +0200 Andrew Savchenko wrote: > >> > [...] > >> > I fail to see why FTP needs to be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Mick wrote: > On Monday 01 May 2017 22:36:00 Nils Freydank wrote: >> On Sat, 30 Apr 2017 19:04:06 +0200 Andrew Savchenko wrote: >> > [...] >> > I fail to see why FTP needs to be replaced: it works, it is >> > supported, it is secure when

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

Kai Krakow writes: > Am Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:38:24 +0100 > schrieb lee : > >> Kai Krakow writes: >> >> > Am Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:29:18 +0100 >> > schrieb lee : >> > >> >> since the usage of FTP seems to be

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

Kai Krakow writes: > Am Sat, 29 Apr 2017 22:02:51 -0400 > schrieb "Walter Dnes" : > >> Then there's always "sneakernet". To quote Andrew Tanenbaum from >> 1981 >> >> > Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes >> >

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

Kai Krakow writes: > Am Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:30:03 +0100 > schrieb lee : > >> Danny YUE writes: >> >> > On 2017-04-25 14:29, lee wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> since the usage of FTP seems to be declining, what is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

Kai Krakow writes: > Am Sat, 29 Apr 2017 20:02:57 +0100 > schrieb lee : > >> Alan McKinnon writes: >> >> > On 25/04/2017 16:29, lee wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> since the usage of FTP seems to be declining, what is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2017-05-02 09:05, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > >> miles per hour, internet almost always won lately. :-) > > > But tapes also hold a lot more than they did in 1981 > > And so do trucks :-( > > -- > Please *no* private Cc:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 08:22:50 +0200, Kai Krakow wrote: > > > Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes > > > hurtling down the highway. > > Hehe, with the improvements in internet connections nowadays, we > almost stopped transferring backups via sneakernet.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?

Kai Krakow writes: > Am Tue, 25 Apr 2017 15:29:18 +0100 > schrieb lee : > >> since the usage of FTP seems to be declining, what is a replacement >> which is at least as good as FTP? >> >> I'm aware that there's webdav, but that's very awkward to use and