Re: PC based sftp servers

[bryan dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx>]

The problem I have with it is that it only serves files from the 
IFS(unless you do i to i transfers).
I hate the data duplication before transferring....
( I gotta fill-out the DCR for that )

Bryan


Scott Klement said the following on 4/20/2012 1:31 PM:
> Hi Rob,
>
> The OpenSSH server (the sftp server that IBM provides for IBM i) is the
> primary SSH server used in more than 85% of SSH installations, worldwide.
>
> I don't understand why you say it's "fraught with security concerns".
>
> Indeed, when I asked IBM why they didn't make a native SSH server
> instead of using the Unix one, security concerns were the main thing.
> The OpenSSH server is open source an analyzed by thousands of security
> and cryptography gurus to make sure the cryptography doesn't have any
> flaws in it. The IBMer I talked to said they couldn't match that level
> of security. A native tool would not be used by that many people, and
> only a few engineers would be given the opportunity to analyze the
> cryptography. The chance for an undiscovered vulnerability was just too
> high, they thought it was safer to just go with a widely-used,
> well-tested and bullet-proofed tool.