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#136 Support SSL connections in FTP package

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Gerald W. Lester
ftp (13)
4
2005-09-05
2003-08-01
george
No

would be nice to include an option in ftp::open to use
tls or not. i am sure u guys can tell me how to make it
work without having to wait for next version :)

Discussion

  • Andreas Kupries

    Andreas Kupries - 2003-08-06

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    The ftp package treats its two channels (data, control) as
    internal and does not provide access to them. It is also AFAIK
    unable to take pre-existing channels and use them. This
    makes an easy integration with TLS difficult. The package has
    to change for this.

     

  • Andreas Kupries

    Andreas Kupries - 2004-03-03
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  • Gerald W. Lester

    Gerald W. Lester - 2004-03-03

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    I have a couple of questions on expected implementation.

    What would be the expected result if you requested SSL/TLS
    and it was not available on the client machine (i.e. the
    machine you are running on)?

    What would be the expected result if you requested SSL/TLS
    and it was not available on the server machine (i.e. the
    machine you are connecting to does not support it)?

    Can you point us to a site which uses ftp with SSL/TLS (note
    sftp does not run ftp protocol over SSL/TLS but an entirely
    different protocol)?

     

  • Pat Thoyts

    Pat Thoyts - 2005-09-05
    • priority: 5 --> 4
    • summary: SSL OR TLS --> Support SSL connections in FTP package