Hi Mattias,
Posting to Galaxy-Dev, so others can see the question and response.
Is there anyone using SFTP in a local Galaxy installation? I read that
FTP is insecure because it sends the data and user credentials in plaint
text.
The short answer is yes. See.
Yes, we are using this locally (sftp and scp). Basically follow the same rules
as for FTP on the wiki, but leave out the ProFTP setup; this was per Nate's
instructions, whom I believe is to change the FTP-specific documentation at
some point.
Basically, any mechanism that transfers data to
