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| This tutorial discusses various ways to get data from and to a local (external) machine into and out of SDF. | This tutorial discusses various ways to get data from and to a local (external) machine into and out of SDF. |
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| ===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== |
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| As of this writing, the [[https://sdf.org/?join|SDF Join page]] lists these file transfer capabilities by membership level, most of which are described on this page: | As of this writing, the [[https://sdf.org/?join|SDF Join page]] lists these file transfer capabilities by membership level, most of which are described on this page: |
| | ^ File Transfer Options by Membership Level ^^ |
| * USER (unvalidated): -- | ^ Membership ^ Options ^ |
| * USER (validated): inbound ssh, ftp and sftp connections | | USER (unvalidated) | -- | |
| * ARPA: above, plus outbound telnet, ssh, sftp, ftp, ytalk, irc, snarf, wget | | USER (validated) | inbound ssh, ftp and sftp connections | |
| * META: above, plus on the metaarray: ssh tunnel/forwarding with alt port & Access to rsync | | ARPA | above, plus outbound telnet, ssh, sftp, ftp, ytalk, irc, snarf, wget | |
| | | META | above, plus on the metaarray: ssh tunnel/forwarding with alt port & Access to rsync | |
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| ===== FTP - File Transfer Protocol ===== | ===== FTP - File Transfer Protocol ===== |
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| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol|FTP (File Transfer Protocol)]] on SDF is available only for **downloading** public files. This is for security reasons. For upload and download of private files, [[transferring_files#scp_and_sftp_-_secure_copying_and_ftp |scp or sftp must be used.]] \\ Note: ARPA membership allows for up-& download via FTP; however, it is better to use scp or sftp if possible, as FTP is unencrypted, and your passwords also have to travel in the clear. | [[wp>File_Transfer_Protocol|FTP (File Transfer Protocol)]] on SDF is available only for **downloading** public files. This is for security reasons. For upload and download of private files, [[transferring_files#scp_and_sftp_-_secure_copying_and_ftp |scp or sftp must be used.]] \\ Note: ARPA membership allows for up-& download via FTP; however, it is better to use scp or sftp if possible, as FTP is unencrypted, and your passwords also have to travel in the clear. |
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| For download, point your FTP program to sdf.org and do anonymous FTP to read data (username "anonymous", password "//yourlogin//@sdf.org", or another of your e-mail addresses). | For download, point your FTP program to sdf.org and do anonymous FTP to read data (username "anonymous", password "//yourlogin//@sdf.org", or another of your e-mail addresses). |
| On SDF, //you need to have ARPA membership to be able to use them//. Check the manpages of scp and ssh for more information and options to use. | On SDF, //you need to have ARPA membership to be able to use them//. Check the manpages of scp and ssh for more information and options to use. |
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| On Windows machines, you can use the [[#putty|PuTTY programs]]. | On Windows machines, you can use the [[#putty|PuTTY programs]]. If you are doing a lot of file transfer, you should look at [[using_ssh_for_connections_transfer_to_from_sdf|Using SSH for connections/transfer to/from SDF]] |
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| ===== ssh and tar - securely copying directories ===== | ===== ssh and tar - securely copying directories ===== |
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| This may not work for large attachments, as the e-mail system (everywhere!) was not intended for file transfer. If you have to regularly transfer large files, you should seriously consider becoming ARPA! | This may not work for large attachments, as the e-mail system (everywhere!) was not intended for file transfer. If you have to regularly transfer large files, you should seriously consider becoming ARPA! |
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| ===== Modem transfers ===== | ===== Modem transfers ===== |
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| **terminal:** The equipment used to connect to a computer in text mode (for a more accurate definition see the corresponding [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_terminal|Wikipedia entry]]), or in a narrower context the window which gives access to a SDF in text mode. If you are using Windows, it may be a telnet window (or better use PuTTY for secure access via ssh - that's even possible without being ARPA), or on a Linux machine an xterm window. | **terminal:** The equipment used to connect to a computer in text mode (for a more accurate definition see the corresponding [[wp>Computer_terminal|Wikipedia entry]]), or in a narrower context the window which gives access to a SDF in text mode. If you are using Windows, it may be a telnet window (or better use PuTTY for secure access via ssh - that's even possible without being ARPA), or on a Linux machine an xterm window. |
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| **upload:** to get data //to SDF// from your local machine; see //download// | **upload:** to get data //to SDF// from your local machine; see //download// |
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