Scp

Secure copy protocol (SCP) is a means of securely transferring computer files between a local host and a remote host or between two remote hosts.

Activities

1. Understand the differences between cp, scp and rsync: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20244585/how-does-scp-differ-from-rsync
2. Review security advisories related to scp: CVE-2019-6111 related to scp tool and protocol allowing to overwrite arbitrary files in the scp client target directory

See also

• cp, dd, sftp, scp, rsync, casync, mv, fio, ln, docker cp, kubectl cp, minikube cp, multipass transfer, Copy-Item, Xcopy

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6111