Securely copy files over LAN

[The_Unbeliever]

Hi there

Is there any existing software which will enable you to transmit files securely over a LAN so that packet sniffers will be unable to sniff the contents of a packet?

What we want to do is to enable secure communications between a windowsXP PC and a SCO Unix box, so that all communications between the XP PC and SCO box is encrypted or protected.

Links will be welcome!

Thanks!

Libs

 

[Ryder_JHB]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_copy - Copy using SSH!

I use both WinSCP and Putty's SCP client for this!

 

[nic777]

+1 for SCP and WinSCP

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Thanks for the ideas, guys.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

The connector is a database connector, there is no files being copied.

However, scp is supported, I'm able to connect with putty as well as with pscp to the target server.

Is it possible to use putty to secure communications?

 

[w1z4rd]

Make a ssh tunnel

http://revsys.com/writings/quicktips/ssh-tunnel.html

 

[Ryder_JHB]

Make a ssh tunnel

+1

If it was not for SSH tunnels, I would not be typing this!

And being an admin of Jawug, I find ssh tunnels extremely useful when configuring a new members equipment to get him/her connected!

 

[w1z4rd]

Lol, I here is a database specific guide with putty
http://www.postgresonline.com/journ...Y-for-SSH-Tunneling-to-PostgreSQL-Server.html

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Lol, I here is a database specific guide with putty
http://www.postgresonline.com/journ...Y-for-SSH-Tunneling-to-PostgreSQL-Server.html

Man, I gotta thank RPM for starting MyBB up - and for you for that link... without MyBB we would still be clueless n00bs wandering leaderless on the wibbly wobbly web....

 

[gregmcc]

+1 for SCP. If you use Putty you can automate it with the command line version as well. The transmission will be encrypted - now you just gonna hope someone doesn't hack your windoze box to get the info

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Got it to work - will have to fine tune it and see what we can get away with

I tried to compile openVPN on SCO Openserver, but it's a real PITA...

 

[The_Unbeliever]

There's also another method.

You can use either Putty (SSH) or...

...stunnel (SSL)

Both works the same as a VPN.

In the case of stunnel I have successfully set up a tunnel between two PC's on the same LAN - but still have to verify with a packet sniffer that the traffic is encrypted between the two PC's. (Will post up once we have verified encryption).

The tunneling excercise with Putty served as a good basis on which to start stunnel - it works on the same principle, except that SSL is used instead of SSH.

stunnel does not require a login as putty does.