FTP over SSL (explicit encryption)

[David Isaac]

> David Isaac wrote:
> > I am looking for a pure Python secure ftp solution.
> > Does it exist?

"Andrew MacIntyre" <andymac at bullseye.apana.org.au> wrote in message
news:mailman.2957.1123722670.10512.python-list at python.org...
> I recall coming across an extension package (pretty sure it wasn't pure
> Python anyway, certainly not for the SSL bits) with SFTP - I think the
> name was Paramiko or something like that.

Unfortunately that's SSH2 only.
It is indeed pure Python
http://www.lag.net/paramiko/
However it requires the PyCrypto module.
http://www.amk.ca/python/code/crypto

Can you briefly outline how to use this as a client
to upload and down files from a server using SFTP?

Thanks,
Alan Isaac