fish:/

[smcs_steve]

I was having a few issues setting smb shares over the LAN...  Having the same user/server names didn't help!
Anyway, in the process of sorting that mess out I came across fish://

I'm currently trying a folder-widget on my desktop set to (Specify a folder) fish://10.0.0.9/home/owner/  which gives me read/write access to all files in the home folder on the other PC (10.0.0.9).   Both machines run PCLOS 2010.7 KDE 4.5.2
On connect there is a dialog box requiring username and password...  and after that I have full access!

Widget>


Questions>
Who else uses this method?
Are there any inherent security issues? (other than the obvious trusted users on the LAN question)
>Steve

[muungwana]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Files_transferred_over_shell_protocol

fish seem to be one of the most secured way to exchange files btw computers within LAN or across the open internet.

The "link" btw the two computers is over ssh and hence the only security problem i can think of is a weak password on the remote system susceptible to attacks from malicious users of the network and leaving the connection open(through the plasmoid) and then leaving the computer and then somebody else access the remote system through the plasmoid and do malicious things to the remote system.

[smcs_steve]

Thanks for the link  muungwana  
I was reading something similar but wasn't sure they were one and the same fish.

BTW> I did 'Remember password' on one machine but could not locate where to remove it.




BleachBit wipes the password quite effectively.

>Steve

[Was_Just19]

I haven't used FISH for a few years .......  currently use NFS for transfers across the LAN; tried SAMBA once but gave up on it .....  overkill when no Win PCs involved.