> first is there an archive to this list? > second, I am a bit of a rush to find a secure ftp client that I can install on > Linux and send eft's to usbank. they have pulled the plug on sfx and say i must > move to another package and use ssl not ssh (which sfx uses). that is beside the > point. i must have something in place quick and have tried several options but > this seems to fit the need (maybe). I must be able to do ssl and transmit data > ssl to Sterling Commerce: CONNECT: Enterprise. I'm hoping this will be my > solution. anyway, i have it installed on RH 8.0. How do I use this? I'm reading > the man page and all I want to do is the first test: connect to usbank via an > ssl authentication. ifthis works then i need to transmit a file via ssl. can > someone give me bread crumbs to this documentation or tell me what steps i need > to make. they say they want this by 7/1.
The very basis of lftp is to do 'debug 9' on its startup. Then you'll see what happen exactly on the software. Now to use SSL over FTP, you need a feature called FTP TLS, which is very rare to find into softwares, but which is included in lftp. How to see it works? Well, let's see a session: $ lftp lftp :~> debug 9 lftp :~> open ftp.nobis-crew.org ---- Resolving host address... ---- 1 address found lftp ftp.nobis-crew.org:~> user pixel Password: lftp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ls ---- Connecting to ftp.nobis-crew.org (62.212.105.144) port 21 <--- 220 ProFTPD 1.2.5rc1 Server (Debian) [sumarit.nobis-crew.org] ---> AUTH TLS <--- 234 AUTH TLS successful Certificate depth: 0; subject: /C=FR/ST=France/L=Moulins-l\xE8s-Metz/O=NOBIS/CN=ftp.nobis-crew.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED]; issuer: /C=FR/ST=France/L=Moulins-l\xE8s-Metz/O=NOBIS/CN=Pixel/[EMAIL PROTECTED] WARNING: Certificate verification: unable to get local issuer certificate WARNING: Certificate verification: certificate not trusted WARNING: Certificate verification: unable to verify the first certificate ---> USER pixel <--- 331 Password required for pixel. etc.... Now you can see that the FTP server and lftp exchanged some keys, and thus, lftp was able to retrieve the certificate of the server. Then you can send and receive files, it will be done through SSL. How to see it doesn't work? Let's see another session: $ lftp lftp :~> debug 9 lftp :~> open localhost ---- Resolving host address... ---- 1 address found lftp localhost:~> user pixel Password: lftp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> ls ---- Connecting to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 21 <--- 220 yggdrasil.nobis-crew.org FTP server (Version 6.4/OpenBSD/Linux-ftpd-0.17) ready. ---> AUTH TLS <--- 500 'AUTH TLS': command not understood. ---> USER pixel <--- 331 Password required for pixel. etc.... Then you see the AUTH TLS command was unsuccessful. Concerning the archives, you'll find an archive of common mailing lists on http://www.mail-archive.com/lists.html Did I answer most of your questions? -- Nicolas Noble
