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Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) Security - Module X

• Introduction - Topology - Features
  • Discuss course outline
  • Explore network topology
  • Identify key systems to be used
  • Discuss key SFTP features
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• FTP Analyses - Caveats & Ramifications
  • Identify FTP caveats
  • Intercept FTP Client | Server traffic using TCPDump
  • Analyze traffic streams using WireShark
  • Install PuTTY SFTP | SSH clients on Windows
  • Generate SFTP traffic using PuTTY
  • Analyze SFTP traffic using WireShark
  • Compare and contrast FTP | SFTP traffic streams
  • Disable | Remove FTPD services
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• Secure Copy Program (SCP)
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Generate test data for transmissions via SCP
  • Transfer test data to various systems using SCP
  • Confirm applied permissions
  • Use 'pscp' on Windows to transfer test data to various systems
  • Reverse transfers with SCP
  • Implement rate limiting of transfers with SCP
  • Examine SCP behavior with respect to existing | nonexisting data
  • Evaluate results
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• SFTP on SUSE® Enterprise Linux
  • Connect to remote SUSE Enterprise system
  • Identify key binaries
  • Discuss common command-line options
  • Initiate SFTP sessions
  • Debug corrupt public key upon connection
  • Explore SFTP interactive mode
  • Examine SFTP instances in the process table
  • Transfer data using SFTP
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• SFTP on RedHat® Enterprise Linux
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Identify key binaries
  • Initiate connections
  • Perform puts and gets
  • Enable debugging on multiple levels and evaluate key output
  • Explore remote and local identity files for SSHv1 & SSHv2
  • Evaluate results
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• SFTP on Solaris®
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Obtain pseudo-terminal on Solaris system
  • Identify key binaries
  • Compare and contrast Linux | Solaris 'sftp' options
  • Transfer test data
  • Examine transfer status in progress
  • Enable debugging
  • Discuss the function of the 'known_hosts' file
  • Explain SFTP key management
  • Explore identify files
  • Examine escape character sequences in SFTP and SSH
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• SFTP on MacOSX®
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Initiate SSH session with debugging on MacOSX
  • Explore debug output
  • Identify key binaries and associated permissions
  • Peruse 'sftp' command-line options
  • Connect to Solaris system into non-standard location
  • Discuss first-time SFTP|SSH connectivity ramifications
  • Transfer test data and evaluate
  • Identify global configuration files - contrast with Linux|Solaris
  • Use 'sftp' non-interactively
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• SFTP on Windows® Server
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Initiate 'rdesktop' session to Windows Server
  • Configure and use PuTTY
  • Explore 'psftp' interactive commands - contrast with Linux|Solaris|MacOSX
  • Initiate connectivity with 'psftp' interactively
  • Use 'psftp' to transfer test data
  • Enable debugging
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• SFTP with FileZilla
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Download FileZilla
  • Configure to use SFTP
  • Initiate connections to remote systems
  • Transfer test data
  • Use PuTTY to examine SFTP PID on remote system for FileZilla
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• Public Key Authentication with SFTP
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Generate PKI usage keys on various platforms
  • Identify key files
  • Share usage keys with communicating partners
  • Initiate passwordless connections
  • Move test data seamlessly
  • Integrate FileZilla with PuTTY public key authentication
  • Evaluate results
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• SFTP on FreeBSD
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Identify key binaries
  • Initiate oubound SFTP connections from FreeBSD to various hosts
  • Enable debugging
  • Dictate identity file selection via the command-line
  • Use wildcards and metacharacters with 'sftp'
  • Enable debugging
  • Enable SSH server on non-standard port
  • Evaluate connectivity via command-line override
  • Use the shell within interactive SFTP sessions
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• SFTP - Batch Processing Mode
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Define and execute a simple batch
  • Evaluate results
  • Explore error handling of the batch processor
  • Supply input from STDIN
  • Expand the batch process to include more useful steps
  • Create and execute a simple backup process for SFTP
  • Integrate SFTP batch process with Cron
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• SFTP Configuration Control
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Explore: command-line, user, and system-wide logic and options
  • Implement directives at each tier and evaluate
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• LFTP with SFTP
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Initiate manual connections
  • Define connection string for automation
  • Connect to remote systems via SFTP
  • Enable debugging
  • Explore how LFTP uses SSH to function similar to SFTP
  • Transfer test data
  • Configure LFTP to use public key auth
  • Define batch steps to move test data
  • Evaluate results
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• Restrict SSH Sessions to SFTP Only
  • Discuss features and benefits
  • Explore key configuration files
  • Apply changes to various hosts
  • Evaluate results
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• IPv6 Integration
  • Explore IPv6 environment
  • Configure name resolution for IPv6
  • Test IPv6 connectivity with SFTP
  • Evaluate results
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