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Date:      Wed, 12 Jun 2002 17:47:39 +0200
From:      Alex <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl>
To:        Steve Fettig <lists@stevenfettig.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "'Justin P. Michel'" <jpmichel@jcontinuum.ca>
Subject:   Re[2]: Secure FTP
Message-ID:  <13123910531.20020612174739@dds.nl>
In-Reply-To: <3D075D06.4060102@stevenfettig.com>
References:  <E2D6558ABE18D4119E720060084C966D02E6F817@AURORA> <1917976790.20020612132206@dds.nl> <3D075D06.4060102@stevenfettig.com>

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Dear Steve,

Wednesday, June 12, 2002, 4:39:02 PM, you wrote:

SF> No, you do not have to enable ftp through inetd.conf in order to enable
SF> sftp -- in fact, this defeats the purpose of having sftp enabled imho. 
SF>  As long as ssh is enabled through rc.conf (via a generic install - I am 
SF> assuming you haven't made any major modifications to the normal FreeBSD 
SF> install), sftp will work.

SF> Steve

Point taken. I enabled ftp and telnet for the intranet and blocked
them with a firewall for the outsite. I enabled SSH for connection
from the outsite and found i had a access to a sftp. I assumed it used
the forwarding function of ssh for this.

-- 
Best regards,
Alex


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