How to securely work with your remote site from an unsecure network?

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Posted by postman101, 11-20-2007, 09:49 AM
If a network administrator decides sniff on you and do some damage on you, can you securely work from that network with your dedicated hosting server (I mean here using fpt client and ssh client to work on your system)? If yes, what are the security steps one should follow in such an environment? Can ftp and ssh clients be trusted in such an environment and if yes what ftp and ssh clients would you recommend?
Posted by wKkaY, 11-20-2007, 10:42 AM
The quick answer is that if your keys have been exchanged securely and both machines are kept physically secure, then you can SSH securely. The long answer, is that you should read about security to gain a better understanding about it. FTP on the other hand relies on the underlying transport to provide end-to-end security.
Posted by ISPserver, 11-21-2007, 02:04 AM
ftp - not secured. You can use sftp (secure ftp). Usually ssh client also support sftp. ssh -secured.
Posted by HoundOfTheSmith, 11-21-2007, 03:10 AM
Very simply, ftp passes your username and password unencrypted across the network - it should never be used across/from networks you do not trust. SSH encrypts all traffic and, as others have said, is the secure option.
Posted by CiscoMike, 11-21-2007, 03:22 AM
or better yet, provided it's available, use a SSL VPN (IPSec is so 2006 lol) as a quick and easy transport and then SSH or SCP over that connection. If someone is able to break both session keys, you have bigger problems.

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