Question about a SSH and SFTP program

[Ar_palm]

What is a good SSH and SFTP program for the T|X?

[phreakonaleash]

There's no SFTP program to my knowledge, but ssh is pssh www.sealiesoftware.com/pssh/

Welcome to 1src :)

[Ar_palm]

There's no SFTP program to my knowledge, but ssh is pssh www.sealiesoftware.com/pssh/

Welcome to 1src :)

Thanks for the welcoming and the answer, I have used pssh and I love how it works, my only thing that worries me is the warning where it says the low power of the palm makes the random numbers small making it not as secure. Would it be safe for a home server(i would also use it at school to get in my CSCI account)?

[Cyker]

Unless someone is actively snooping you (In which case you have more pressing things to worry about!) then it should be safe enough.

The problem is that aside from the Tungsten C, no PalmOS unit (IIRC) has a random number generator, which is needed for decent SSH security.

The Sealie guy has instead used a pseudo-random number generator, which really isn't properly random enough for strong encryption, but will work well enough for our purposes :)

[martinloat]

The "pseudo-randomness" of these numbers does not make them any less good.

There are ways to generate absolutely random numbers, but computer algorithms cannot be used for that, since, by definition, no deterministic mathematical algorithm can generate a random result. Electrical and mechanical noise found in chaotic physical systems can be tapped and used as a source of true randomness, but this is much more than is needed for our purposes here.
High quality algorithms are sufficient.
;)
You may like this page where I nicked the above from:
https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm