Re: [gftp] SSL - SSH - How?

[Al Schapira <a.d.schapira@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Had the same problem.  Install tlswrap and run gftp under it.  Works
perfectly.  Hopefully gftp will someday support SSL directly.

	-Al

 On Fri, 2006-10-13 at 16:27, Jack Heller wrote:
> Hello,
> 	I have been scratching my head for several days over this issue.  I have a 
> website on ATT Worldnet and can' talk to it since I upgraded to high speed 
> DSL connection.  Dial up used to work OK with gftp.  Now it refuses connect 
> from an "unsecure" user.
> 	I have read many FAQs with seemingly vague statements, but no answer I can 
> apply.  I prefer to use the gftp as it is user friendly in every other way.
> 	To experiment, I used a Windows program, Smart FTP, and it has an automatic 
> Certificate generator which seemed to be a plus but found there was still a 
> problem in that I needed to set the connect protocol to 
>             FTP over SSL (Implicit)
> 	Did that and it made connect and I could view files.  Downloading was clumsy, 
> but I learned two things.
> 	I need to geerate a certificate for gftp and to emulate "SSL Implicit"
> 
> 	So . . . Please help . . . Thanks in advance,  Jack
>