From: Dave Lilley <dglnz2@...>
Date: 2009-12-28T08:54:29+09:00
Subject: Re: pasing data between 2 win XP boxes via internet

Hi Bill thanks for the reply,

I guess i will have to setup a SSH server on the PC as it will be the 
central point for data being sent from and sent to.

thanks for your time in replying.

Dave.

Bill Kelly wrote:
> Dave Lilley wrote:
>> 
>> how to pass a stream of data in a secure manner using SSH protocos from
>> a winXP Pro OS to a winXP Pro OS using 1.8.6.X ruby.
>> 
>> there won't be a "server" used for the present and so would like to push
>> data from one end to the other when the user has an update needed to be
>> passed on.
>> 
>> I am totally new to the net::XXXX protocols so any help would be
>> appreciated.
> 
> Note, there's also OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket and OpenSSL::SSL::SSLServer
> which should allow you to establish an encrypted connection between
> two nodes at the TCP socket level.
> 
> That's a pretty low-level solution, in that you end up with a socket,
> and you'll need to write code on either end to decide what to do with
> data that is sent/received.
> 
> Depending on your needs, a higher level solution--as others have
> mentioned--might be to install cygwin and get an ssh server running,
> then use for example rsync to synchronize files and directories between
> the nodes.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Bill

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