Features

• ‘Quick and dirty’ starts up with minimal configuration

• pseudo chroots to a directory (emulated in software, does not use chroot())

• Supports multiple key types for server identication (eliptic curve, RSA)

• Uses asyncio/asyncssh to allow multiple clients to connect at the same time without blocking each other

Use Cases

• Move files between machines

• Replace anon ftp

• Serve up files while allowing clients to authenticate the server

Installation

It is recommended to install NoAuthSFTP to a virtual environment as follows:

$ python3.5 -m venv venv $ . venv/bin/activate # pip install noauthsftp

If you intend to use eliptic curve keys, additional dependeincies will need to be pulled in. These can be installed with the following comamnd:

$ pip install ‘asyncssh[bcrypt,libnacl]’

This will pull in all the required dependencies after which the server can be run by executing the following command

$ noauthsftp

Usage

NoAuthSFTP has a fairly comprehensive help command available by executing the following:

$ noauthsftp –help

In order to get noauthsftp running it requires a ssh host key, this is identical to a standard public/private key pair but used by the server instead (do not reuse it for standard ssh communications). To generate this keypair use the following command

$ ssh-keygen

you will then be prompted for a filename, select a filename such as ‘ssh_server_key’ and make note of this, The filename will be used with the ‘-k’ option to allow the ssh server to authenticate itself to the client.

Changelog