Robert Heller wrote:
> At 03 May 2008 11:36:19 GMT kmlincoln100@hotmail.com (Matthew Lincoln) wrote:
>
>> Ok, normally I can perform some (unencrypted) ftp operations by simply typing
>>
>> ftp .....
>>
>> But what if I want to do the same over an TLS/SSH encrypted ftp connection?
>> How do I tell ftp to encrypt/decrypt the stream?
>>
>> Is there an option like "-ssh" which does the job?
>
> man sftp
>
>> Matthew
>>
>

sftp *is not FTP*. It is functionally scp with a very limited FTP-like user
interface. It does not, and cannot, understand symlinks properly, which makes
it quite dangerous if you're not careful. sftp, at least on OpenSSH, has no
chroot cages available, which makes security a separate adventure.

FTP has problems with the data and command streams being on different ports:
this makes encryption a bit of an adventure. If you need a reasonably safe,
encrypted, FTP or HTTP like access, I suggest using WebDAV over HTTPS,
supported by Apache, compatible with lots of GUI's, and compatible with lftp.