Message-ID: <696b0c3a@news.ausics.net> From: Computer Nerd Kev Subject: Re: "7 deprecated Linux commands you need to stop using - and what to use instead" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <10k93b3$9rp0$1@dont-email.me> <10kblbd$13oio$5@dont-email.me> <10kbub4$16n2s$1@dont-email.me> <10kdjk7$1ntob$3@dont-email.me> <696add5c@news.ausics.net> <1v9r3mxp6h.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20251224 ("Glenury") (Linux/2.4.31 (i686)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 17 Jan 2026 14:12:42 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 43 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:81227 Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2026-01-17 01:52, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> Carlos E.R. wrote: >>> On 2026-01-16 15:57, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> On 16/01/2026 12:48, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> >>>>> scp -- wrong. rsync, scp and sftp are all different ways of >>>>> transferring files securely over SSH. >>>> >>>> Are they? even if you run rsyncd? >>> >>> AFAIK yes, the transfer happens of the ssh port with ssh type of >>> encryption. >> >> If you use "rsync://" on the client command line, you're connecting >> to rsyncd using the Rsync protocol which doesn't use encryption, >> which I often do for LAN transfers. You could still use SSH >> tunneling for encryption of course. > > I am using the rsync:// syntax, and I don't remember opening another > port than 22. :-? According to the man page it's TCP port 873. Anyway I think it makes much more sense than dealing with all the complexities, fragilities, and inefficiencies of encryption just to do transfers over a private LAN. LDO evidently concludes the opposite. Here's an example of a public rsync 'site'. This command lists syncable directories and their descriptions: rsync rsync://mirrors.dotsrc.org This page also describes how it can use TLS encryption using a script for OpenSSL "s_client", but that's not part of the base protocol: https://dotsrc.org/mirrors/#rsync-over-tls -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#