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From: Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>
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Subject: Re: library/binding for sftp?
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 17:15:25 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2013-08-07, Dmitry A. Kazakov <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:06:44 -0500, Stephen Leake wrote:
>
>> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
>> 
>>> On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 01:24:27 -0500, Stephen Leake wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Because the device requires ssh authentication.
>>>
>>> I don't understand this. You cannot bind to a port under android?
>> 
>> I can. But then i'd have to re-implement security, authentication, and
>> file transfer.
>
> What for? It is your program you know you are running it.
>
> The best security ever is a protocol nobody else knows.
>

What if he needs to transmit data over a untrusted link or if site
policy requires end to end encryption ?

BTW, I don't agree with security by obscurity. I prefer security
protocols which are publicly available and have survived being
probed for vulnerabilities.

Simon.

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