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Old 05-24-2010
Automating ftp job using implicit ssl?
Can this be done? Or do you need some other program installed on the AIX box?
# 2  
Old 08-26-2010
I am bumping this because I now need to set this up in production. Can someone help me? I've tried searching, but somewhat not fully understanding, Do I need to work with remote host support to allow our box to connect to them?


*MOD* maybe move this to AIX forum? Thanks
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Old 08-26-2010
You'll need an FTP server that supports SSL, of course. But why not use sftp instead so you can automate logins with keys?
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Old 08-26-2010
Well I know we can connect from our windows machine to their machine, which is most likely also windows, using FTPS not SFTP.

From our WS_FTP Pro client we are using FTPS/Implicit SSL to connect to their site with no issues or keys I believe. Is there a way to do the same from Unix?
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Old 08-26-2010
Ah, you want to connect to an ftp server from AIX, with implicit SSL. You don't need an SSL-supporting FTP server then. Commandline ftp might directly support what you want:
Code:
# run interactively
ftp -z ssl hostname
# run noninteractively
ftp -z ssl hostname <<< "commands to feed into ftp client"

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Old 08-27-2010
ftp -z ssl hostname didnt work for me, i got the following error:
Code:
ftp: z: unknown option

I dont see the -z flag when I man ftp either. I'm on AIX by the way. I beleive there is a way to commadnline ftp to this ftp server but I cant find it.
Last edited by Yogesh Sawant; 08-27-2010 at 10:46 AM.. Reason: added code tags
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Old 08-27-2010
If your commandline FTP doesn't support SSL, you'll either need to install or compile a version that does.
 
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