SSL File Transfer

[Brian K. White]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Vaughan" <wvaughan at steelerubber.com>
To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: SSL File Transfer


> Fairlight wrote:
>> Only lists at harris-home.com would say something like:
>>>I am writing a file that needs to get uploaded to a secure server. The
>>>instructions point to an HTTPS server, but I don't find a good way to
>>>connect to that server and upload a file.
>> Grab openssh, install it, and use scp the way you'd use rcp.  Easiest 
>> way.
>
> Mark, you've lost me. What I've seen is a remote site has a form that
> has a file upload text box with a "browse" button that allows you to
> find a file on your local computer and upload it to that server.
>
> How does the remote sites form tag interact with rcp? Links please...

It wouldn't, but the OP said that ssh was also an option, which means sftp 
and scp are both options, which are relatively simple to use like ftp and 
rcp.

You might be able to use curl or possibly wget to do a https post 
non-interactively from unix.

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