On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 09:27:18 -0600, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 08:57:41 -0600, Walt Farrell wrote: >>> >>>> ... new System z software (products and service) downloads will require >>>> the use of FTPS (FTP using Secure Sockets Layer) or of Download Director >>>> with encryption. >>> >>>FTPS, but not SFTP? >> >>Remember, SFTP is not FTP; it's SSH, a totally different protocol and set of >>programs. >> >Exactly, notwithstanding some superficial similarity in line commands. > >But I'm set up for SSH on various hosts -- authorized_keys, etc. >SFTP comes naturally, then. FTPS isn't in my skill set. > >What's the relative prevalence of SFTP and FTPS in the outside world? I have no idea of the prevalence. On the other hand, FTPS _is_ FTP, and it's likely that more z/OS sites have FTP servers than have SSH servers. And if you have FTP then setting up FTPS is (I think) largely a matter of putting the right certificate in the right key ring, which is all native to z/OS and doesn't require installing and configuring SSH (from Ported Tools) if you haven't done so already. -- Walt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
