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I want to automate the file transfer from a remote site to my pc over a WAN. Can anyone please suggest a industry standard secure file transfer tool for a windows environment.
I am looking for a industry accepted, more secure than traditional FTP.
by dr_s Accepted solution
by neon samurai Accepted solution
What OS are you transfering data between? Are both ends running Windows, is one end something else or are both ends running something other than Windows?
You can setup a secure ftp server on one end then use a script and secure ftp client to do your automatic download.
The more secure way is to use proper encryption with something like OpenSSH, then you get a remote client and secure ftp in one package. You'll need to do a few searches for "openssh sftp autmatic backup rsync"
by srace Accepted solution
check out cwRSYNC for Windows. It is a very powerful program, based on the Linux RSYNC utility. You can read about it here:
by wsdelicate Accepted solution
by arran.price Accepted solution
to note on this, gpg is often used to encrypt files, but your username/password (used to log into the destination) will still be clear text if you use ftp.
That may be completely acceptable in this particular instance but its important to note it.
something like sftp will encrypt the entire transmission - but the data coming out the other end will be as it was when it went in (ie encrypted during transfer but it wont be encrypted when it gets written to disk if it wasnt originally).
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