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X has suid binaries.

Not necessarily

I've always been telling them to RTFM and just use scp like everyone else here, but they always cry and moan that they don't know how...

If they know how to use Windows Explorer, they know how to use WinSCP2. Point, click, drool. Of course, you can also use it for storing stuff besides porn.

Also, you'll need putty's sftp client if you want to do it right. That's another exe you need to download. And don't forget to enable sftp on your server as well.

I use scp for copying files. Usually between *nix boxes, but there's pscp (command line) and WinSCP (GUI) if you're on a windows box.

Does sftp do anything winSCP can't?

Oh, and if you're somewhere where you can't install software for whatever reason, there's a java SSH client too. This needs to be hosted from the same IP you're connecting to because of java's security model, which might be a problem for a cable-modem user.

If you run Windows, try this: WinScp2 Allows you to access your files via scp but with a windows manager (just as though you mounted the drive)

This sounds like a bad idea to me, why allow remote mounting of filesystems, when ssh has a file transfer protocol built into it?

On any *nix with ssh, you can use either sftp or scp, and even on Win32 platforms, you have WinSCP , secure file transfers without the need for remote mounting.

Have you seen WinSCP? It's excellent.

PuTTY is awesome, but for the command line challenged, try this:

WinSCP

I discovered it for my boss yesterday.

(Discovered in the Columbus meaning, anyway...)

GUI Secure CoPy

Train those friends and family to use a secure method of transfering files.

• PuTTY is an SSH1+SSH2 implementation. PSCP, an scp-style program for Windows, is also available.

  PuTTY is available under the MIT licence (BSD-like).

  "PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 platforms, written and maintained primarily by Simon Tatham, who lives in Great Britain."

• TTSSH (SSH1) is an SSH1-only implementation, by Robert O'Callahan.

  "TTSSH is a free SSH client for Windows. It is implemented as an extension DLL for Teraterm Pro. Teraterm Pro is a superb free terminal emulator/telnet client for Windows, and its source is available. TTSSH adds SSH capabilities to Teraterm Pro without sacrificing any of Teraterm's existing functionality. TTSSH is also free to download and use and its source is available too, with an open source license. Furthermore, TTSSH has been developed entirely in Australia [...]."

• Cygwin (POSIX software on top of Windows)

  OpenSSH (SSH1 and SSH2 protocol) with Cygwin can run on Windows using the portable version of OpenSSH.

• MSSH

  MSSH from the Metropolitan State College of Denver supports Windows 95 and Windows 98, supporting SSH1 protocol.

• OpenSSH for Windows

  Another OpenSSH running on top of Windows..

• Secure iXplorer

  Secure iXplorer is graphical front end to PuTTY's pscp.exe.

• WinSCP

  WinSCP is a scp(1) program for Windows, with PuTTY integrated into it.

• NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH is an SSH1-only implementation which comes with a scp-style program. Written by Jonas Wallden.

  "NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH r3 is an enhanced version of Chris Newman's NiftyTelnet 1.1 application which adds support for encrypted terminal sessions using the SSH (Secure Shell) protocol. Please read the included Readme file before distributing this version."

• MacSSH is an SSH2-only implementation.

  "MacSSH is a modified version of BetterTelnet with SSH2 support. [...] The only SSH2 client for MacOS that I could find is a commercial product thats costs more than $100, and it crashes my Mac when closing a session... Since it's best to do things by oneself, here's MacSSH."

http://winscp.vse.cz/eng/

I also agree that a server makes the most sense. I would amplify these recommended transport mechanisms to include a few others that will allow remote connectivity.

First is a secure IMAP server for centralized email. This will allows any SSL-enabled IMAP client to access your mailbox. Also, Squirrelmail running on an SSL web server can give your access to your centralize mail repository from any web browser.

SMB and NFS are the obvious choices for LAN-based access, but WAN access needs more care. I think that a VPN setup using CIPE is a good approach. One the CIPE links are build, you can use most services as if you were located on your wired LAN.

The other need might be for file access from "arbitrary" locations. In addition to the normal scp and sftp apps in OpenSSH, there is a nice SCP client for windows, WinSCP. Lastly, if you have a SSL web server there already, Web-FTP will give you access to your files via https.

This sounds like a lot. In the end, you would need to expose SSH, SSL IMAP, SSL Apache, and CIPE servers. I am midway through this deployment myself, but it has stalled a bit because one of primary Internet access points started disallowing outgoing SSH.

We have the same thing. FTP out - SFTP/SCP in.

The best program I've found which also happens to be free is winSCP available from here.

Various cool options including a choice of two interfaces - Explorer or MC and its codebase is based on putty.

You can also use keys but that's SSH1 only at this stage.

Screen shots here

We have the same thing. FTP out - SFTP/SCP in.

The best program I've found which also happens to be free is winSCP available from here.

Various cool options including a choice of two interfaces - Explorer or MC and its codebase is based on putty.

You can also use keys but that's SSH1 only at this stage.

Screen shots here

One of the many wonderful things about ssh is that is provides many interfaces to the same protocol. The ssh protocol combines file transfer, remote shell access, port forwarding, encryption and compression all on one port/service. That means when you turn on the ssh port, you can access it using an interactive shell (ssh), or an interactive file transfer session (sftp) or an automated file transfer session (scp). WinSCP truthfully acts more like a GUI ftp client, but, when it comes to ssh, what's in a name?

For file synchronization, look into rdist, rsync, unison, and of course NFS, AFS, etc.

I've had major problems with i-explorer, as in not being able to change directories on the remote side. It also hangs my machine repeatedly (Win98).
I've talked to other people who have experienced this too. I had one version (about a year+ ago) work fine, but none of the new ones have worked for me.

However, I have recently found WinSCP and it works great! More configurable than i-explorer, much more intuitive UI (configurable: Windows Explorer like or Norton Command like). Freeware too. It doesn't even "install", it's just one executable, no spyware, funky registry keys, etc. Very nice.

...for scp between Win and nix servers, I use WinSCP.

Check out the 3Dwm website for something quite similar... This is a three-dimensional window manager for X with OpenGL support. It's still in early development, though. Another cool app is GLACE, which supports running X applications on 3D surfaces.