"Jani Järvinen [MVP]" <ja***@removethis.dystopia.fi> wrote in message
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> Hello Stephen,
>
>> Can anyone point me to an article or software code for secure file
>> transfer from server1 to server2 using .NET?
>
> The answer to your question depends on the file transfer method you are
> referring to / need to use. The .NET platform already provides support for
> HTTPS (SSL secured HTTP), which can be seen as a method of transferring
> files. However, if you are referring to SFTP (FTP over SSH), then
> unfortunately the base class library doesn't do it for you. Of course,
> other techniques exists that let you transfer files securely. Which one(s)
> did you have in mind?
>
> If SFTP is what you are looking for, then there are several libraries
> available that help you to communicate with SSH, but I guess most (all?)
> of these libraries are commercial. Here's a MSDN Forums discussion about
> the same topic which you might find useful:
>
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=95323&SiteID=1
>
> And here's a code example using one of the available libraries:
>
> http://www.jscape.com/articles/sftp_using_csharp.html
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Mr. Jani Järvinen
> C# MVP
> Helsinki, Finland
> ja***@removethis.dystopia.fi
> http://www.saunalahti.fi/janij/
>
>