Re: [PLUG] kernel, rpm, croc, du, encrypted

[Rich Freeman via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 2:52 PM Walt Mankowski via plug
<plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 12:10:54PM -0500, jeffv via plug wrote:
> > How to Securely Transfer Files between Ubuntu Systems Using Croc
> >
> > https://vitux.com/how-to-securely-transfer-files-between-ubuntu-systems-using-croc/
> >
> > Croc is an open-source CLI-based tool that allows to securely transfer files
> > between systems. During file transfer, a code is generated for the sender
> > and the receiver systems to use for end-to-end encryption
>
> I'm confused by this. I've been securely transferring between systems
> for decades using scp. Why should I use croc instead?
>

The key bit is that it works through firewalls (assuming they allow
outbound connections as is typical) - I assume it has some kind of
cloud component to facilitate connections.  You don't even need to
know the IP of either end.

That definitely can be handy.

To use something like scp you need to have an IP/DNS address for the
remote host and be able to reach it on the ssh port.

-- 
Rich
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