Re: library/binding for sftp?

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

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:
>>
>>> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 05 Aug 2013 08:41:42 -0400, Stephen Leake wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm working on an application that transfers files between Windows and
>>>>> Android. The only common protocol among the devices I have is
>>>>> ssh/scp/sftp.
>>>>
>>>> If you are writing an application anyway, why don't you just open a socket
>>>> and send whatever you want over it? Sending a file over socket should be
>>>> 20-30 Ada lines long.
>>> 
>>> 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.

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