[tlug] [thread hijack] sftp

[David Oftedal <david@example.com>]

>> sftp commands to download files through a secure connection (it uses the
>> secure shell protocol).  You may also want to look at rsync, which 
>> also uses
>> ssh to communicate.
>
To start off, my sincerest (ish) apologies for the thread hijacking.

I totally don't know what I'm talking about here, but am I right in 
assuming that SFTP is not only encrypted, but also runs on a single 
port, contrary to FTP?

I'm behind one of those uni firewalls that block all inward ports with 
no exceptions, and although I can TUNNEL over ssh, I can only tunnel 
single-port stuff like HTTP with my limited time and knowledge. (Unless 
I use a VPN client from the outside, that is, and it's heavily monitored 
and I really can't be bothered.)

Also, what servers and clients are available for Gentoo? Are any of them 
good? ;)

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