On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Sytze de Boer <[email protected]> wrote: > I want my system to FTP a backup file > What do you gurus recommend ? > I'm referring to the file transfer process > > My thoughts at this stage is for my app to create a Zip file > Then transfer this to a server which has been set up to receive the file > > --
The concern I have is that ftp transmits your user name and password in clear text over the network. If you're running inside a secure network or VPN, this is fine, but if you're going over the internet, it is insecure. Most security experts consider this a problem, and the ftps and sftp (yes, different things) are a bandage over a sore, not a solution, with mixed support on different platforms. What I did for a client a few years ago is write a simple batch file that runs off the Scheduled tasks, loads up a small Fox exe that dumps all the data I need backed up into a special folder, and the batch file zips it all up. At the time, I used the command line interface to PuTTY's Secure Copy program (*) to transfer the file to an SSH server I maintain. It took a bit of setup to work out how to set up keys on both sides so no password was required, but once set up it has run for years flawlessly, other than needing us to reload the keys when the Windows machine decides to reboot on its own, due to security updates. These days, I'd be more likely to recommend you use a commercial service like DropBox.com or Rsync.com. For the folks who support that client in-house, the files just automatically appear each day on their shared public drive, or they give the network administrator grief ;) (*) http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter5.html#pscp -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
