[oclug] Re: Re: Follow-up: ifconfig and netstat exist but don 't?? ( please help... )

Strosberg, Bill bill.strosberg at rcpsc.edu
Thu Mar 7 13:51:38 EST 2002


> From: Derek Cunningham [mailto:cunninghamd at nosleep.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:42 AM
> To: oclug at lists.oclug.on.ca
> Subject: Re: [oclug] Re: Re: Follow-up: ifconfig and netstat exist but
> don 't?? ( please help... )
> 
> > Teach people to live with SFTP under SSH.  I've converted 
> over 50% (about 25
> > of them) of my client "webmasters" away from FTP, and have 
> been waging a war
> > of attrition on FTP over a couple years.  The SSH.com 
> Windows SFTP client is
> > easy to install, easy to teach and has the drag, drop and 
> click stuff they
> > need to feel comfortable.
> > 
> 
> Hmm... I don't think the client you mention is free (libre or 
> gratis), is it?
> 
> Since I like Free Software, but can cope with free (gratis) 
> software, I
> prefer WinSCP. True, it's an SCP client, but it has all the 
> functionality of
> an FTP client, and it supports ssh1, or ssh2 (I'd really like 
> to know how it
> does this).

Derek:

No, the SSH.com client is not free to commercial users, but the personal use
edition is, and as well, my users are all in a .edu domain which is free.
Even though it is a pay product, the quality and pedigree of the product are
impeccable.

--
Bill Strosberg



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