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Special Forums Cybersecurity commercial SSH vs. OpenSSH Post 302100783 by jimmyc on Friday 22nd of December 2006 09:57:51 AM
Old 12-22-2006
I'm going to take a different approach on this topic. imho.
If you plan on using SSH on a large scale, meaning (50+) users and plan on moving data with SSH then you might want to look at some type of commercial products out there. I've seen too many adhoc apps written, when the person that wrote that app leaves the company, then the company is then left to limp along till someone else learns it or some other method is found.
The company I work for uses SSH, FTP, SSL and other IP based protocols to move data from point A to point B. We've written automation around those protocols to provide ease of use and a common method for interfacing them. We sell a commercial product for doing just that. I think the real questions are...
1) What do you want to accomplish?
2) How many users are/will be involved?
3) Are they technical users or just “point an click user”?
Once you know these questions you will better be able to determine cost and usability for the masses which should help you determine whether to go with a commercial application or some open source code.
SSH2 is SSH2 just like FTP is FTP whether is open source or commercial. It's how to implement it for the masses that makes the difference. imho...
 

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ftpconfig(1M)                                             System Administration Commands                                             ftpconfig(1M)

NAME
ftpconfig - set up anonymous FTP SYNOPSIS
ftpconfig [ftpdir] ftpconfig -d ftpdir DESCRIPTION
The ftpconfig script is executed by the super user to set up anonymous FTP. Anonymous FTP allows users to remotely log on to the FTP server by specifying the user name ftp or anonymous and the user's email address as password. The anonymous users are logged on to the FTP Server and given access to a restricted file area with its own file system root. See chroot(2). The FTP area has its own minimal system files. This command will copy and set up all the components needed to operate an anonymous FTP server, including creating the ftp user account, creating device nodes, copying /usr/lib files, and copying timezone data. The passwd and group files set up have been stripped down to prevent malicious users from finding login names on the server. The anonymous file area will be placed under ftpdir. If the ftp user account already exists, then the current FTP area is used, and the system files in it are updated. All other files are left untouched. This command should be run to update the anonymous FTP area's configuration whenever a system patch is installed, or the system is upgraded. OPTIONS
-d Create a new or update an existing ftpdir without creating or updating the ftp user account. Use this option when creating guest FTP user accounts. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: ftpdir The absolute pathname of the directory under which the anonymous FTP area is set up. EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned: 0 Successful completion 1 Improper usage of the command 2 Command failed ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWftpu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
ftpaddhost(1M), in.ftpd(1M), useradd(1M), chroot(2), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 1 May 2003 ftpconfig(1M)
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