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RE: CURLOPT_FTP_SSL

From: Behnam Rashidian <BRashidian_at_zeugmasystems.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 15:51:01 -0700

Thanks, but how can I decide which one to choose (FTPS or SFTP), my
decision should be based on what factors?

>libcurl does not support SFTP (yet).

I guess not until somebody attempts to implement it and integrate it
with the current libcurl. There are libraries for SFTP such as libssh
and libssh2 but unfortunately they lack documentation/examples/comments
and they are not as easy to use as libcurl. Libcurl makes it all so easy
plus it has one of the best DOCS/Tutorials compare to the other packages
that are out there, but too bad that it doesn't support SFTP.

Anyways thanks a lot

-----Original Message-----
From: curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se
[mailto:curl-library-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On Behalf Of Daniel Stenberg
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:05 AM
To: libcurl development
Subject: Re: CURLOPT_FTP_SSL

On Wed, 4 Oct 2006, Behnam Rashidian wrote:

> I am just not clear on the purpose of CURLOPT_FTP_SSL option here. Is
> that used for FTPS protocol

Correct.

> and does it encrypt both the data and the control session or only the
> control session?

Either way, as you set the option.

> how is that different than SFTP over SSH.

SFTP is a completely different protocol. They both transfer files and
they are both encrypted, but otherwise I don't think they share a lot.

libcurl does not support SFTP (yet).

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Received on 2006-10-05