...why not use VPN tunnel to encrypt  FTP ?

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter 'Luna' Runestig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 3:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Encryption for FTP/MAil/Web


From: "Myers Chad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 4:11 AM
<snip, snip, snip...>

> Yes, ssl-ftp can encrypt the control & data channel; it's not
> required to do so, but it is allowed per the RFC, and the few
> ssl-ftp servers I found had it as a configurable option.

There is no RFC yet for this, I suppose you mean the IETF draft
draft-murray-auth-ftp-ssl-NN.txt

> > If you want a cheaper solution, you can try using Stunnel on
> > a standard
> > FTP daemon.  It was only by using stunnel I was able to get ncftp to
> > connect to an SSL-FTP server...  I haven't yet seen any standalone
> > FTP-SSL clients yet, not even for Unix.

unix client (OpenBSD-based):
ftp://ftp.runestig.com/pub/ftp-tls/

unix servers:
ftp://ftp.runestig.com/pub/ftpd-tls/ (OpenBSD-based)
ftp://ftp.runestig.com/pub/proftpd-tls/

Cheers,
- Peter
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