"Johann G. Hautzinger" wrote:
not that i am a security specialist, but i'd recommend the ssh-suite for _every_ connection to your server (well ... nearly every ;-) ... using ssh you could do scp, even from one host you are not connected to to another host you are not connected to either (yup, really works) to copy files, every thing neat and secure, or even tunnel insecure connections like ftp or pop ...
Well, I already use SSH for all connections over "insecure" networks. The problem is that I have to provide FTP on a production machine, for there are external scripts pushing data onto the machine. I have no way of changing this - these scripts are run by different companies and part of their systems. I cannot force them to use ssh, so I can only try to secure our FTP services. Matthias -- w e b f a c t o r y Matthias Pigulla <mp@webfactory.de> - Geschaefsfuehrer Lessingstr. 60 - 53113 Bonn - http://www.webfactory.de/ Fon: 0228-9114455 - Fax: 0228-9114499 - ICQ: 49185492