On Apr 24, 2008, at 12:25 AM, Thomas Kern wrote:
I thought SFTP was an ftp like command set inside the SSH protocol
and that FTPS was the FTP protected by SSL. Our Network gurus keep
referring too out SSL protected TN3270 as TELNETS and even insisted
on us using port 992 for it since that was set in some RFC.
You're correct.
It also confuses people, I have found, unless you spell them out. I
can't imagine why.
Add to this the question of "flavors of FTPS"--that is, with stunnel/
pre-VM-5.3 SSLSERV, you *can* encrypt the control channel, which might
be good enough. But if you need to encrypt the data too, you need
explicit SSL, and you need to negotiate an encrypted channel. It's
enough to make a grown man cry.
Adam
