September 27, 2006
SSH Tectia Newsletter Vol.25 - Securing Automated File Transfers with Ease
SSH Communications Security >> http://www.ssh.com
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[ SSH TECTIA NEWSLETTER (VOLUME 25) ] < September 27, 2006 >
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* Product News - Securing Automated File Transfers with Ease - SSH Tectia with EFT Expansion Pack
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Today's enterprise networks are still highly dependent on FTP (File Transfer Protocol) in implementing automated file transfers. The growing role of legislations and adoption of stricter security policies are in many organizations driving a complete replacement of FTP with secure file transfer solutions. At the same time, organizations are struggling with migration challenges caused by the decentralized nature, platform diversity, and large size and complexity of their existing ad- hoc file transfer networks.
The new EFT Expansion Pack release for SSH Tectia Client and Server version 5.1 enables cost- effective and easy migration of large and heterogeneous FTP-based file transfer environments to SFTP, without the need to rewrite existing scripts and applications that use FTP. The new FTP- SFTP conversion feature allows transparent on-the-fly conversion of all existing FTP connections to SFTP throughout cross-platform enterprise networks, minimizing the costs of securing FTP.
For more information on securing automated file transfer and the EFT Expansion Pack products for SSH Tectia, please download our new white paper at:
http://www.ssh.com/campaign/eft/newsletter.pdf
To request an evaluation of SSH Tectia Client and Server with EFT Expansion Pack, go to:
http://www.ssh.com/campaign/eft/eval-request.html
* Tips & Tricks: Automating FTP-SFTP Conversion on Unix
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To enable FTP conversion in SSH Tectia Client with EFT Expansion Pack, you need to do the
following:
- Install the optional conversion tool in addition to the normal client components.
- Configure the Broker Connection to handle FTP connections (see the user manual for configuration details).
On Windows, FTP conversion is automatically active when the Connection Broker is running. On Unix, the ssh-convert-ftp command has to be run to activate the FTP-SFTP conversion.
For example, to start an FTP session to ftp.example.org with FTP-SFTP conversion enabled, run the following command:
$ ssh-convert-ftp ftp ftp.example.org
To start a bash shell session with FTP-SFTP conversion enabled for all commands, run the following command:
$ ssh-convert-ftp bash
One way to make the conversion activation automatic on Unix is to rename (or relocate) the ftp binary and put a script like the following in its place:
#! /bin/sh
exec ssh-convert-ftp renamed-ftp "$@"
Now, when a user runs the ftp command he is accustomed to, this script will be run instead, and the FTP-SFTP conversion is automatically activated for the FTP session.
Please note that the server side also needs to have the EFT Expansion Pack installed, and that the client needs to have the server's public host key before the connection can succeed.
* New Documents Available at SSH Resource Center
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** White Paper: Securing Automated File Transfers with Ease - SSH Tectia with EFT Expansion Pack
http://www.ssh.com/campaign/eft/newsletter.html
** White Paper: Selecting Secure FTP and Telnet Replacement - Minimizing TCO
http://www.ssh.com/documents/52/SSHTectia_zJournalprofile.pdf
** Application Note: SSH Tectia on HP-UX-based Systems
http://www.ssh.com/documents/49/SSH_HP_ApplicationNote.pdf
* Trade Shows & Events
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Upcoming events:
* SSH Headlines
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September 26, 2006
Helsinki City Library Selected SSH Tectia for Securing Data Communications in the Customer
Workstation Service
http://www.ssh.com/company/news/article/778/
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[ SSH TECTIA NEWSLETTER (VOLUME 25) ] < September 27, 2006 >
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- Product News - Securing Automated File Transfers with Ease
- Tips & Tricks
- New Documents Available at SSH Resource Center
- Trade Shows & Events
- SSH Headlines
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* Product News - Securing Automated File Transfers with Ease - SSH Tectia with EFT Expansion Pack
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Today's enterprise networks are still highly dependent on FTP (File Transfer Protocol) in implementing automated file transfers. The growing role of legislations and adoption of stricter security policies are in many organizations driving a complete replacement of FTP with secure file transfer solutions. At the same time, organizations are struggling with migration challenges caused by the decentralized nature, platform diversity, and large size and complexity of their existing ad- hoc file transfer networks.
The new EFT Expansion Pack release for SSH Tectia Client and Server version 5.1 enables cost- effective and easy migration of large and heterogeneous FTP-based file transfer environments to SFTP, without the need to rewrite existing scripts and applications that use FTP. The new FTP- SFTP conversion feature allows transparent on-the-fly conversion of all existing FTP connections to SFTP throughout cross-platform enterprise networks, minimizing the costs of securing FTP.
For more information on securing automated file transfer and the EFT Expansion Pack products for SSH Tectia, please download our new white paper at:
http://www.ssh.com/campaign/eft/newsletter.pdf
To request an evaluation of SSH Tectia Client and Server with EFT Expansion Pack, go to:
http://www.ssh.com/campaign/eft/eval-request.html
* Tips & Tricks: Automating FTP-SFTP Conversion on Unix
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To enable FTP conversion in SSH Tectia Client with EFT Expansion Pack, you need to do the
following:
- Install the optional conversion tool in addition to the normal client components.
- Configure the Broker Connection to handle FTP connections (see the user manual for configuration details).
On Windows, FTP conversion is automatically active when the Connection Broker is running. On Unix, the ssh-convert-ftp command has to be run to activate the FTP-SFTP conversion.
For example, to start an FTP session to ftp.example.org with FTP-SFTP conversion enabled, run the following command:
$ ssh-convert-ftp ftp ftp.example.org
To start a bash shell session with FTP-SFTP conversion enabled for all commands, run the following command:
$ ssh-convert-ftp bash
One way to make the conversion activation automatic on Unix is to rename (or relocate) the ftp binary and put a script like the following in its place:
#! /bin/sh
exec ssh-convert-ftp renamed-ftp "$@"
Now, when a user runs the ftp command he is accustomed to, this script will be run instead, and the FTP-SFTP conversion is automatically activated for the FTP session.
Please note that the server side also needs to have the EFT Expansion Pack installed, and that the client needs to have the server's public host key before the connection can succeed.
* New Documents Available at SSH Resource Center
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
** White Paper: Securing Automated File Transfers with Ease - SSH Tectia with EFT Expansion Pack
http://www.ssh.com/campaign/eft/newsletter.html
** White Paper: Selecting Secure FTP and Telnet Replacement - Minimizing TCO
http://www.ssh.com/documents/52/SSHTectia_zJournalprofile.pdf
** Application Note: SSH Tectia on HP-UX-based Systems
http://www.ssh.com/documents/49/SSH_HP_ApplicationNote.pdf
* Trade Shows & Events
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Upcoming events:
- Las Vegas, NV, USA: SANS 2006, October 2 - 3
- Rosemont, IL, USA: Enterprise Security Management Event, October 5
- Seattle, WA, USA: Secure World Expo, October 10 - 11
- Tokyo, Japan: Nikkei Security Solution, October 18 - 20
- New York, USA: Infosecurity NY, October 24 - 25
* SSH Headlines
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September 26, 2006
Helsinki City Library Selected SSH Tectia for Securing Data Communications in the Customer
Workstation Service
http://www.ssh.com/company/news/article/778/
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Sincerely,
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