From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 19 7:49:54 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pcwin002.win.tue.nl (pcwin002.win.tue.nl [131.155.71.72]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72F8237B40D for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 07:49:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from stijn@localhost) by pcwin002.win.tue.nl (8.11.6/8.11.4) id f8JEnZM33385; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:49:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from stijn) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:49:35 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop To: Rob Andrews Cc: "Jonathan M. Slivko" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: scp/sftp without encrypting data Message-ID: <20010919164935.L57514@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <20010919161846.J57514@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> <001201c14118$79424010$15cdfea9@equinox> <20010919094657.B54888@switchblade.cyberpunkz.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010919094657.B54888@switchblade.cyberpunkz.org>; from rob@cyberpunkz.org on Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:46:57AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:46:57AM -0500, Rob Andrews wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:36:31AM -0400, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote: > > if your not using encryption, what makes you think that the load would get > > any better on the server? -- Jonathan > That's not what he is saying.. In order to see the load decrease > the server and client would have to also have encryption turned down.. > I'm not sure if there is even a way to turn encryption off. That's my question - can I turn off encryption *for the data part* of the connection? > My question is however, if you're wanting to turn the encryption off, > what is the reason that a standard ftpd would not solve the problem. The login part would have to be encrypted. If there is an ftp server that supports encrypted logins, I could use that. > muddleftpd is a very flexible and well built ftpd and well worth a > look if you're worried about the ftpd being an issue due to security. I'll have a look to see if it fits my needs. --Stijn -- Fictitious Country Song Title of the Week: "How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message