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Chnaging "key exchnage" to "key-pair setup" as it sounds less intimidating

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Philip Sargent
2020-01-10 01:49:11 +00:00
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<h2>Experts only</h2>
<p>If you have been using FTP since the last century or are particularly keen on doing everything using the command-line, read on.
<p>With the new server in 2019 it is harder to configure scp or sftp (or ssh or rsync) because the server needs a key exchange
<p>With the new server in 2019 it is harder to configure scp or sftp (or ssh or rsync) because the server needs a key-pair setup
setting up first. So while scp (once working) is now
more secure than it was, we are forced to allow ordinary ftp to allow experienced but non-key-exchanged expoers' laptops or phones to upload photos
to the server. This is worse than it was as the password is now sent in clear.
<p>So it is important that the ordinary ftp access is restricted to the /uploads/ folder tree.
See <a href="computing/keyexchange.html">key exchange instructions</a> for how to arrange with an admin for this to be done for your device.
See <a href="computing/keyexchange.html">key-pair setup instructions</a> for how to arrange with an admin for this to be done for your device.
<h3>Using scp - requires key exchange for the device</h3>
<h3>Using scp - requires key-pair setup for the device</h3>
<p>Works on Windows (using winscp), Linux (using scp), and no doubt
mac and android with other tools. If you have Windows 10 and <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/commandline/wsl/about">have installed bash</a>, then you can use scp.</p>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ give you a norton-commander-style 2-pane UI as well).</p>
<h3>Expo laptops</h3>
<p>The <i>expo laptop</i> has got the key exchange set up on it so it is configured for Filezilla to use sftp not ftp but this is invisible to normal use.
<p>The <i>expo laptop</i> has got the key-pair setup set up on it so it is configured for Filezilla to use sftp not ftp but this is invisible to normal use.
<h3>Using WebDAV</h3>
This no longer works as we had to change the folder permissions for /uploads/. Sorry.