> However, it does have scp which will allow you to copy files, but I don't know how
> handy this is compared to an ftp type interface since I've never tried it.
For similar systems, (like boxen in an office environment) It's always been my
preference to use scp over ftp.
Compare: Pretend you're getting the file filename.gz from the machine slacker, which
has your username and a home directory.
ftp slacker
(username)
(password)
bin
get filename.gz
bye
with:
scp slacker:filename.gz .
(password)
Hmmm. I think I'll take the scp over the ftp.
AND I don't have to worry about somebody sniffing my password.
AND I don't have to worry about the man-in-the-middle attack.
AND I don't have to worry about maybe mistakenly typing the wrong hostname, and putting
my password on the wrong machine.
(I'm really paranoid like that)
And I think ssh 2.x is mostly fluff. Expensive fluff.
I'm waiting anxiously for openssh to become stable.
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