OT - Computer software question...
 

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:39:48 -0500, James Waldby wrote:

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:28:53 -0600, Jon Elson wrote:
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I use ftp for all my file transferring. I have a lot of Linux systems,
but also Windows systems for CAD and such. I move stuff around all the
time between work and home PCs. Windows 2K, and anything newer, I
suspect, will do Telnet and ftp from the command line screen. That
isn't too secure, though. A windows utility to do telnet and ssh is
called Putty, available for free. I'm not sure how to do secure FTP
from a Windows system, I generally have a Linux system available there
too. I suspect there's a program that can do that, too.

Windows networking can do everything you want with no add-ons, but I
have suspicions about the security of windows networking. I only use it
on systems running Linux and Windows on the same CPU under VMware.
...
Both telnet and ftp send passwords in clear, which is insecure.
winscp from http://winscp.net/ is a free secure-copy program with
ok interface - I use it when I have to work with MS Windows systems.
-jiw
Winscp is the cat's meow for FTP type apps.(File Transfer Protocol)
because it is very secure.

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