Automating FTP Transfers
If you are a school district, there are times when you have to transfer files securely—often, encrypted—from one location to another. It’s tempting to want to use built-in utilities in popular server operating systems, but you can also take advantage of for-cost solutions like the ones below (in no particular order and no preference/endorsement implied):
MOVEIt - Provides FTP and PGP support
http://www.ipswitchft.com/moveit-managed-file-transfer/central-workflow-automation
AutoMate
http://www.networkautomation.com/automate/features/secure-ftp/
SFTP Plus
GoAnywhere Secure FTP
http://www.goanywheremft.com/solutions/secure-ftp
Some of the features most need include:
- Automating the transfer of files from one server to another
- Securing the files with encryption (e.g. GPG/PGP)
- Verification that files were sent and received
- Encrypted transfer of files
If this has been a need in your organization, how have you resolved it? While setting up regular FTP on a FOSS server is pretty easy, I have been unsuccessful with SFTP setup. Any tips or advice?
By the way, I have to give a shout-out to GoAnywhere’s Free Open PGP Studio software!
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