[Ssh-sftp-perl-users] Net::SFTP::Foreign

[Salvador F. <sfa...@ya...>]

Hi,

I have uploaded Net::SFTP::Foreign to CPAN. It's a modified version
of Net::SFTP that, instead of Net::SSH::Perl, uses an external ssh
command (i.e. OpenSSH) to establish the connection to the server.

Compared to Net::SFTP, Net::SFTP::Foreign

- doesn't require any other module to work, just an external ssh
command
- integrates seamless on environments where an ssh infrastructure has
already been deployed
- can use trusted ssh implementations like OpenSSH for the transport
layer

on the other hand, Net::SFTP::Foreign

- does not allow using text passwords for authentication
- creates a new ssh process which could use more resources than the
in process pure perl implementation on Net::SSH::Perl, though this is
largely OS dependent.
- and I don't know how it will work on non Unix like OSs as Windows.


Comments and suggestions welcome,

BTW, I have also uploaded to CPAN LWP::Protocol::sftp, an adaptation
layer between Net::SFTP::Foreign and LWP.

Cheers,

  - Salvador

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