[svlug] Avoiding Windows cooties

[Brian J. Tarricone]

Skip Evans wrote:
> Paul Reiber wrote:
>> I'm not a windows guy... but I've seen an application
>> called "putty" used to do ssh.  I'm unsure what it provides
>> in terms of drag-n-drop or filesystem level interfaces for
>> windows.
> 
> putty is yer basic terminal type program for 
> Windows. I've used it a lot at client sites when I 
> need to hit a server. Quick to download and get 
> running. Nothing for a gui-oriented person to be 
> using.

If you're looking for a secure file transfer app for windows, try
winscp[1].  It supports both scp and sftp, and has a two-pane
file-manager-esque GUI for transferring files (plus supports drag and
drop from Explorer).  I use it for transferring files between various
Windows and Linux machines, and I've never had a problem with it.  It's
also GPLed and reuses code from putty.

[1] http://winscp.net/

	-brian