Macintosh Security, SFTP, Tunnels

Revised Nov 12 2004
Secure Shell ("SSH") software is required to access u.arizona.edu and other systems at UA. Free downloads of the software are available...

for Macs, PCs, and Unix workstations at UA's SSH homepage,
for PCs with detailed setup, usage and tunneling instructions,
within these webpages for Macintoshes.

There are several ways to connect and transfer files to and from the U-System. Each method's user-friendliness and shortcomings are noted where relevant. MacSSH and NiftyTelnet are free OS 9 SSH applications. Their use with OS 9 is documented below and they are reported to work with OS X also.

Mac OS X comes with SSH as part of its operating system but you must use OS X's Unix interface to take advantage of some of it.

To use graphical applications like Fetch, GoLive, and older versions of Dreamweaver (4 and MX) you will need to tunnel your file transport through SSH. For Mac OS X Fugu, below, is an easy, secure, free alternative to Fetch. DreamweaverMX 2004 (OS 10.2.6) uses SFTP.

Mac OS X

OS X

Use	Fugu	Fetch	Tunnel	Dreamweaver	GoLive
setup, examples	move files, no tunnel	tunnel files	setup, use	define site, tunnel files	define server, tunnel files

MacSSH with Fetch - Classic MacOS application works with software like Dreamweaver and Frontpage--when you need to "tunnel" your files

Use

Fetch

Tunnel

Dreamweaver

MacSSH PDF

setup, examples

tunnel files

setup, use

define site, tunnel files

WNC's instructions

NiftyTelnet using SCP - Classic MacOS application has easy setup and use.

Macintosh Software for Secure Connections and File Transfers

Macintosh Software for
Secure Connections and File Transfers