Secure Copy (scp) Access

If your client operating system supports a secure copy ( scp ) command, you can copy files to and from the directories listed in the table Directories Available for Access. For example, in the following example, the file /tmp/test.txt is copied from the client machine to the configuration directory of the appliance with the hostname mail3.example.com .

% scp /tmp/test.txt admin@mail3.example.com:configuration
The authenticity of host 'mail3.example.com (192.168.42.42)' can't be established.
DSA key fingerprint is 69:02:01:1d:9b:eb:eb:80:0c:a1:f5:a6:61:da:c8:db.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added 'mail3.example.com ' (DSA) to the list of known hosts.
admin@mail3.example.com's passphrase: (type the passphrase)
test.txt             100% |****************************|  1007       00:00
%

In this example, the same file is copied from the appliance to the client machine:

% scp admin@mail3.example.com:configuration/text.txt .
admin@mail3.example.com's passphrase: (type the passphrase)
test.txt             100% |****************************|  1007       00:00

You can use secure copy ( scp ) as an alternative to FTP to transfer files to and from the content security appliance.