[cisco-voip] Reliable SFTP server for Windows to backup CCM5?

[Jeffrey C. Ollie]

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 07:21 -0500, Jonathan Charles wrote:
> Yes, and I think Cisco screwed the pooch on this one.
> 
> Why not allow an FTP option? You can use regular FTP to upgrade CCM,
> why not allow it for a backup?
> 
> It just doesn't make sense.

That's because FTP is not a secure protocol.  The backups contain
security-sensitive information and I wouldn't want to be passing that
information around on a non-secure protocol.  Using FTP for upgrades is
fine (as long as you don't log into the FTP server using a sensitive
password) because the updates are cryptographically signed anyway.

If you really don't want to set up a Linux or *BSD box (or really any
Unix box - they all come with SSH these days), check out VShell from Van
Dyke:

http://www.vandyke.com/products/vshell/index.html

I haven't used VShell myself but I've used SecureCRT/SecureFX from them
and have been suitably impressed with the quality of their products.

Jeff

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