Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:18:17 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> Cc: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advantage -vs- Disadvantage: SFTP -vs- SCP Message-ID: <AANLkTim%2Bc2b5ZowyAhXyZbdbTgQsQYCDKoHWBVFEbXHO@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=dPx8yBLQYeDv-qv4w1qvxBwAfj7OEqX99XE5T@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikvteMWrwHxqAmva4_uxtR2KWapOs6KxXL=qcUj@mail.gmail.com> <4C774AE1.2040800@infracaninophile.co.uk> <AANLkTinrmv3u_ddC2u-3m=PuwVXtudO7hiE%2B_qySeC2t@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikQ1brAE73Yh2cha6NZxEhtR3UWqBAxDid7U5J0@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikzV7ES%2B3Vq%2B5YS7wMr47AqY_dCB1DUUtKUUEYf@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTimo_h_0HwG=rsbdFVsQEdm3f8wvytfTSp5tDgqr@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTi=dPx8yBLQYeDv-qv4w1qvxBwAfj7OEqX99XE5T@mail.gmail.com>
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On 31 August 2010 14:51, krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 30 August 2010 18:38, Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 12:30 PM, krad <kraduk@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> sounds like =A0a bodge to me >>> >> >> Sounds like FUD to me. >> >> -- >> Adam Vande More >> > > > maybe but why install extra things when you dont have to. Because this allows people to use scp and nothing else; mooting your argume= nt: ''SFTP is better than scp if you just want to transfer files, as the users dont have to have shell access to the box to use the openssh SFTP system. [snip]'' How difficult is it to install a port, really? Do you ever run with just the base system? Chris
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