Re: [tlug] [thread hijack] sftp

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

> Quoth David Oftedal [mailto:david@example.com]:
> 
> 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?

Yes. SFTP is just a specialised SSH client, AFAIK.

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

I assume you are talking about SSH / SFTP here?

: jmglov@example.com; emerge -s ssh
Searching...    
[ Results for search key : ssh ]
[ Applications found : 12 ]
 
*  app-crypt/ssh-multiadd
      Latest version available: 1.3.1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 13 kB
      Homepage:      
  http://www.azstarnet.com/~donut/programs/index_s.html#ssh-multiadd
      Description: adds multiple ssh keys to the ssh authentication agent. 
                   These may use the same passphrase. Unlike ssh-add, if any 
                   of the keys use the same passphrase, you will only need to 
                   enter each unique passphrase once, and keys that are 
                   already added will not be prompted for again.

*  app-shells/rssh
      Latest version available: 2.1.1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 86 kB
      Homepage:    http://rssh.sourceforge.net/
      Description: restricted shell for SSHd

*  dev-perl/net-ssh-perl
      Latest version available: 1.23
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 80 kB
      Homepage:    
http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/B/BT/BTROTT/Net-SSH-Perl-1.23.readme
      Description: Perl client Interface to SSH

*  net-analyzer/scanssh
      Latest version available: 1.6b
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 49 kB
      Homepage:    http://monkey.org/~provos/scanssh/
      Description: scanssh protocol scanner scans a list of addresses an 
                   networks for running SSH protocol servers and their version 
                   numbers.

*  net-misc/autossh
      Latest version available: 1.2d
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 15 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.harding.motd.ca/autossh/
      Description: Automatically restart SSH sessions and tunnels

*  net-misc/gtk2-ssh-askpass
      Latest version available: 0.3
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 13 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.cgabriel.org/sw/gtk2-ssh-askpass/
      Description: A small SSH Askpass replacement written with GTK2.

*  net-misc/kssh
      Latest version available: 0.6
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 487 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.geocities.com/bilibao/kssh.html
      Description: KDE 3.x frontend for SSH

*  net-misc/nxssh
      Latest version available: 1.2.2-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 861 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.nomachine.com/
      Description: Modified openssh client, used by nxclient

*  net-misc/openssh
      Latest version available: 3.7.1_p2
      Latest version installed: 3.7.1_p1
      Size of downloaded files: 781 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.openssh.com/
      Description: Port of OpenBSD's free SSH release

*  net-misc/ssh [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 3.2.5
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 2,205 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.ssh.com/
      Description: Ssh.com Non-Comercial Use ssh version

*  net-misc/x11-ssh-askpass
      Latest version available: 1.2.2-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 28 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.liquidmeme.net/software/x11-ssh-askpass/
      Description: X11-based passphrase dialog for use with OpenSSH

*  net-misc/zssh [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 1.5a
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 331 kB
      Homepage:    http://zssh.sourceforge.net/
      Description: A ssh wrapper enabling zmodem up/download in ssh

: jmglov@example.com; emerge -s sftp
Searching...   
[ Results for search key : sftp ]
[ Applications found : 3 ]
 
*  dev-perl/net-sftp
      Latest version available: 0.05
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 14 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/B/BT/BTROTT/Net-SFTP-0.05.readme
      Description: Secure File Transfer Protocol client

*  gnome-extra/gnome-vfs-sftp [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 0.1.2
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 175 kB
      Homepage:    http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~bghovinen/gnome
      Description: GNOME secure FTP virtual folder module

*  net-ftp/vsftpd
      Latest version available: 1.2.0-r1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of downloaded files: 126 kB
      Homepage:    http://vsftpd.beasts.org/
      Description: Very Secure FTP Daemon written with speed, size and 
                   security in mind

Also, many popular graphical FTP clients support SFTP.

-Josh