[svlug] Local computer responds "connection refused"

[Jeffrey Siegal]

Seth David Schoen wrote:
> Instead of telnet and rsh/rlogin: ssh
> Instead of anonymous FTP: http, or anonymous rsync (they're faster, too!).
> Instead of FTP for one file: scp
> Instead of FTP for many files: rsync -e ssh
> 
> The only problems here are
> 
> (1) supporting legacy machines with no secure login/file transfer
> clients (especially Windows machines)

You can get all of the above on Windows by installing Cygwin.
http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin