Re: SFTP / FTPS -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: SFTP / FTPS
From: Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:49:02 -0700
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Completely agree.

However.

In one cases (grrrr!) we have partner who won't cooperate on keys.

Hard to believe but it happens.

Jerry

On 6/15/2021 10:35 AM, Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L wrote:

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 10:34 AM Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

You can do either key-exchange or userid/password.

For maximum security, password authentication should be disabled,
especially for accounts used for automated periodic EDI exchanges.

Public key authentication is the way to go.

Follow-Ups:

Re: SFTP / FTPS , Don Brown
Re: SFTP / FTPS , Jack Woehr

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