MacOS ssh/scup client (Was Re: [ale] Secure FTP?)

[Davis, Ricardo C.]

Also keep an eye out for Interarchy 5.0 (http://www.interarchy.com/), which
will support FTP over SSH (as opposed to SFTP).  The current version (4.1)
runs on Mac OS 8.x - 10.x and is a very nice communications toolkit that
supports:

* File Transfer Protocol (FTP) transfers/lists/mirroring
* HyperText Transfer Protocol (WWW, HTTP) transfers/lists/mirroring
* Sherlock-based Searches
* Finger/Whois
* Ping/Traceroute
* Open Transport inspection
* IP Packet Analysis

For a novice Mac net-hacker, the last two are worth the (very inexpensive)
cost compared with similar software available.  Interarchy is the Mac power
user's choice.

The venerable Fetch (http://fetchsoftworks.com/) is probably best for the
average Mac user -- drop dead easy.  No SFTP support, but it does support
Kerberos, S/Key and OTP.

If I remember correctly, Nifty-Telnet only supported SSH1.  Alas, for true
SFTP/SSH2 and SCP support now I would recommend you move to Mac OS X and
install OpenSSH (http://www.openssh.com/portable.html).  


-Ricardo

-----Original Message-----
From: John Mills [mailto:john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:12 AM
To: marct at mindspring.com
Cc: jknapka at earthlink.net; ale at ale.org
Subject: MacOS ssh/scp client (Was Re: [ale] Secure FTP?)


With regard to Mac ssh/scp clients:

> It's been working OK, and I love Muddle and think it does a superior job
> as an FTP daemon.  However, I'm  trying to do the Right Thing and
> eliminate FTP from my machine altogether and only do file transfer thru
> openSSH.   I know that there are a tiny handful of clients for Mac (non
> osX) and I can find several decent looking ones for windows, so that's
> one part of the battle won.

I have no osX experience, but I use 'Nifty-Telnet' for SSH/SCP activities
on an iMac under MacOS-8.6. As with the puTTY/pscp combo, it is nice to have
a SSH login to know what you will transfer, and where. Integration with
MacOS
is [naturally] smooth. I downloaded a full 'Stuffit' unpack-and-install from
wherever I found it. Add that one to your list if you didn't already have
it.

(Fraid you'll have to run a search to find it, but if you get desparate I
can
check for info in the copy I installed.)

Regards,
 John Mills
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