Re: MIDRANGE-L Digest, Vol 5, Issue 1863

["Shalom Carmel" <shalom@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Wayne,
You are right, this is not a native solution, is is provided and supported 
by IBM and it works.
openssh, openssl and zlib are all open-source, so I guess that someone may 
port them to native as400 programs.
Alternatively, you can use java ssh, like mindterm 
http://www.appgate.com/products/80_MindTerm/
or like JavaSSH http://javassh.org


Shalom Carmel
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www.hackingiseries.com


> from: Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: Secure FTP Using SSH
>
> When you say "native sftp client" what exactly are you referring to?
> The qshell component of OS400 plus the 5733SC1 licensed program?  In my
> mind, that's not a native solution since it runs in a unix shell.  There
> isn't any other way to run an sftp client, is there?
>
> Shalom Carmel wrote:
> > I use the native sftp client on iSeries.
> > sftp requires either a user/password pair, or key exchange.
> > If you are looking to automate unattended file transfers then you must
> > use keys.
> > BTW, this is true only for the openssh client, like the one we have in
> > PASE.
> > Putty (for windows) lets you script file transfers without passwords.
> >
> > Shalom Carmel
> > ----------------
> > www.hackingiseries.com
> >
> > > I have been looking for a native sftp client for iSeries for some time
> > > and saw this a redbook a few months ago but it goes far beyond what we
> > > need to do and really does not speak to the simple sftp without using
> > > keys. Our sftp need still uses a userid/password for authentication just
> > > like ftp and ftps but runs the sftp protocol which the FTP command will
> > > not do. Has anyone used this native sftp client in this type of
> > > environment?