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Newer page: version 4 Last edited on Friday, July 7, 2006 6:35:20 am by AristotlePagaltzis
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-[SCP] is an [Acronym] for " __S__ecure __C__o__p__y", a file transfer [Protocol] used by scp(1). scp(1) is designed to be a secure replacement without the weaknesses of rcp(1). The latter uses a completely unencrypted connection which allows anyone on the network to evesdrop on both the credentials as well the contents of files being transferred. which was well known to be insecure . In contrast, scp(1) uses a [SSH] tunnel. This also allows you to use an authorized_keys file (see [SSHKeys]) -- which is ''more'' convenient than rcp(1) ''and'' more secure. What else could you want? 
+An [Acronym] for __S__ecure cp(1).  
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+A file transfer [Protocol] and used by the scp(1) utility, which is designed to be a secure replacement for rcp(1) without its weaknesses. rcp(1) uses a completely unencrypted connection which allows anyone on the network to evesdrop on both the credentials as well the contents of files being transferred. In contrast, scp(1) uses a [SSH] tunnel. This also allows you to use an <tt> authorized_keys</tt> file (see [SSHKeys]) which is ''more'' convenient than rcp(1) ''and'' more secure. What else could you want? 
  
 See also: 
 * [SSHNotes] 
 * [SSHKeys]