Re: [Uri-review] Request for sftp URI scheme

Ira McDonald <blueroofmusic@gmail.com> Wed, 26 September 2018 11:12 UTC

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Hi Rick,

Your referenced URI I-D in section 4.6 Protocols using this URI Scheme
references https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer/
which
is expired and was abandoned in 2006.

Two separate efforts to standardize SFTP (the protocol) in IETF failed a
long time ago.  Interoperability between different versions is not
available.

Do you intend to start an IETF standards-track effort to standardize
SFTP?  Or at least to point to a stable, current spec of SFTP protocol?
Otherwise, I believe that even a provisional registration is of dubious
value.

Cheers,
- Ira



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On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 3:53 AM Rick van Rein <rick@openfortress.nl> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This is a registration that seems to be long overdue (and we need it).
>
> Confusion in implementations already seems to exist, at least I've once
> seen the use of "ssh:" in a place where "sftp:" should have been used.
> Looking at the spec of "ssh:" this is "like telnet" and so not menat for
> file transfer, so I would like to propose "sftp:" based on the same
> documentation as originally used for "ssh:" registration.
>
>
> Scheme name:
>      sftp
>
> Status:
>      Provisional
>
> Applications/protocols that use this scheme name:
>      WinSCP,          https://winscp.net/eng/docs/session_url
>      Konqueror / KIO, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVE84xgRrNE
>
>      Plus, we intend to include it into ARPA2 Reservoir, to connect to
>      remote object stores across realm boundaries, using standardised
>      and secure URIs.  Proper authentication will be the starting point
>      for refined access control, which can also allow remote users in.
>      http://reservoir.arpa2.net
>      http://idp.arpa2.net/radius.html
>
> Contact:
>      Rick van Rein <rick@openfortress.nl>
>
> Change controller:
>      Rick van Rein <rick@openfortress.nl>
>      Architect for the InternetWide.org project.
>
> References:
>      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell
>      http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-secsh-scp-sftp-ssh-uri
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rick van Rein
> OpenFortress / InternetWide / ARPA2
>
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