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jim scott wrote:
> Hello, all. I'm going to connect up 2 Linux boxes on a home network.
> I'll connect the boxes and my DSL router/modem to a switch. Right now,
> I've got all incoming services disabled on both computers -- no telnet,
> no ftp, no rsh. I would like to be able to copy data from one PC to the
> other. What's the most secure service I can  use for occasional data
> transfer between the two PCs? Thanks for any advice.

Personally, I do almost everything over ssh or, more specifically, using
scp.

scp localfile username at remotebox:destinationfile

I use shared key pairs for authentication but you can be as paranoid or
as lax as you want security-wise.

Both gnome and kde have ways of using scp within the gui as well but
I've found the command line to be the most reliable.

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