[Zope] OT: ftp vs scp

Andrew Burrow alburrow@telus.net
12 Mar 2002 08:05:24 -0800


On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 07:34, Jiann-Ming Su wrote:
> 
> Actually, ncftpget and ncftpput has made ftp scripting a lot easier.
> Doesn't scripting become a problem with scp now that protocol 2 requires
> keyboard interactive?

SSH protocol 2 has passwordless login via public key encryption.
Once you have added your identity to your keychain, authentication
no longer requires your intervention.  This is particularily useful
when interacting with a CVS repository.

Andrew