Changes between Version 28 and Version 29 of help/en/howto/sftp

Timestamp:

Jan 18, 2011 3:56:51 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

dkocher

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help/en/howto/sftp

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 Using a challenge-response authentication with one time password generators like ''SecurID'' is supported. After the initial login prompt for the username and password a second login prompt is displayed to enter the one-time passcode.
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+== Verifying host keys ==
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+Upon connecting to a SSH server for the first time, you will see a message to verify the host key uniquely identifying the server. You can ask your provider for the public fingerprint of the server to make sure you are connecting to the right host. Subsequent connections to the SSH server will make sure that the host key does not have changed to prevent spoofing attacks.
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+[[Image(Unknown host key.png)]]
 
 == Using SCP for file transfers ==