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In message <Mio*r+eCA@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>
          Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:
>> On 22 Mar, David Higton wrote in message
>>     <4415a8bd5c.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>:
>> 
>>> The URL you posted above is an http URL, not ftp.  It's entirely normal
>>> for a hosted website to be read by many users via http, but written by one
>>> person - the owner - using ftp.  I moved my site recently to Netcup gmbh,
>>> who were offering a very low cost service, and I use FTPc to put my files
>>> on it.
>>> 
>>> AFAIK, all web hosting works this way.
>> 
>> Not all: there's something of a move away from FTP[1], certainly unencrypted
>> FTP. I can't remember which of SFTP and FTPS is is that FTPc supports, but
>> your provider needs to support the same one. There is (or was) a command
>> line tool for the other protocol on RISC OS; was it by John Ballance?

> I think FTPc supports FTPS, which is regular FTP over SSL (TLS).
> SFTP uses the SSH protocol, which is something entirely different.

> I did some ports of command-line SFTP (one from PuTTY and one from OpenSSH)
> but I suggest it's better to get the OpenSSH from riscos.info which should
> be slightly newer but still woefully out of date.

> I haven't kept up with whether there are any newer builds of OpenSSH and/or
> any GUI tools supporting SFTP.

>> 1. It's increasingly common to find people doing file transfers over SSH,
>> because it's secure and more flexible, and can be used to transfer more than
>> just files.

> It's also just one port (combining login/file-transfer/port-forwarding) to
> expose to the internet and OpenSSH is well-maintained, whereas FTP daemons
> have a history of vulnerabilities.

> Theo

WebWonder has an ftps option in the OSP Setup panel

I used PSFTP, it may be interesting
http://www.riscos.info/packages/NetworkDetails.html#PuttyToolsarx


-- 
Jean-Michel

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Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Alexander Ausserstorfer <alexander.ausserstorfer@eclipso.at> - 2026-03-22 14:09 +0200
  Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-03-22 17:23 +0000
    Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-03-22 21:48 +0000
      Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-03-22 22:34 +0000
      Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-03-23 13:21 +0000
        Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2026-03-23 16:42 +0100
  Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2026-03-22 18:39 +0100
  Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Patric  <minim@news.invalid> - 2026-03-24 10:45 +0100
    Re: Sharing files over the Internet with RISC OS Alexander Ausserstorfer <alexander.ausserstorfer@eclipso.at> - 2026-03-29 12:43 +0200

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