Tunnelier -- odd -- anyone use?
I'm seeing that the logs say the SFTP version in use is protocol version 3. Evidently binary mode is the default when SFTP 3 is used.
I'd have to select every instance auto LF, as another option. With that option, Tunnelier looks at the first 1kb of contents to determine whether its textual or binary. But I see from other users that this can cause problems.
Anybody else using Tunnelier??? Advice? Never had tunnelier do this to me – it's my primary client.
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Any conversion (eg unix2dos line ending changes; ebcdic2ascii etc) needs to be done by the client; it's not part of the protocol.
I guess I'll just go with auto CR/LF mode cause I don't imagine you can read a binary file once it's downloaded & I gotta be able to edit.
Now that's a selling point!
Look in this file: C:\Documents and Settings(user)\Application Data\FileZilla\sitemanager.xml
You'll see the username and password in there, for the most version of FileZilla.
Besides, why are you using passwords with SSH? Use certs instead.
@vonskippy:
I'm afraid my tinfoil hat just isn't that tight enough to worry about physical access snooping by some mystery virus.
Besides, why are you using passwords with SSH? Use certs instead.
What's the practical difference for this scenario? Anything that could snarf the local file containing the password could presumably snarf the certificate (and private key) as well.
– David
@db3l:
What's the practical difference for this scenario? Anything that could snarf the local file containing the password could presumably snarf the certificate (and private key) as well.
– David
None - since I don't worry about a mystery virus with super multicellular skills at skimming cleartext data, I don't worry about the password or the certs. Just saying certs are better no matter what level of tinfoil hat you wear.
@vonskippy:
WinSCP is very very very very slow. I used to use it until FileZilla added stable SFTP to their client.
I have NOT experienced any issues with speed using WinSCP or Filezilla - both download/upload at approximately the same rate.
Using Windows 7 Pro OS.
Both using SFTP.
Uploading speed test (64M PFSense ISO to remote host)
WinSCP = 4200 KB/s
FileZilla = 12.4 MB/s
Several WinSCP versions back - I could not believe how long uploads were taking. Google pointed out I wasn't the only one. Finally found FileZilla (although I actually like the WinSCP interface better, I'm too impatient, so I've learned to like FileZilla).
Thanks much to the OP who recommended winzilla to me. It was a good nudge
I've never had a virus, neither the simple garden variety, nor the super magic scour your hard drive for all known secrets and phone them home type, so I'm really not that concerned.
YMMV.