Windows – xcopy & robocopy – Encrypted during transfer

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I need to transfer some files on some windows hosts, as i come from the unix side, i searched for a tool similar to scp or rsync. I came across xcopy and robocopy and searched the manuals for a hint if the filestream is encrypted or not.

The only thing i found is the /EFSRAW switch of robocopy, which lets you transfer encrypted files.

Before i turn on my wireshark, let me ask the question to the Windows guys: Do this tools encrypt the transfer or not?

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Robocopy and xcopy do not encrypt their connections. You can, of course, run them over a VPN connection or something like that.

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One school of thought would say that if the file is corrupt anyway, all that a backup of it would give you is the ability to restore some corruption, so using the /C switch on xcopy is a viable approach.

You should be aware however that xcopy can occasionally misreport a corruption on what is a perfectly good file. One place I've definitely seen this before is where the full path to the file exceeds the Windows limit, so maybe you need to double-check if that is actually the case before resorting to alternatives (especially if you're otherwise satisfied with what you've got).

Robocopy – Transfer Files Without Folders

See: Robocopy /?

Usage : ROBOCOPY source destination [file [file]...] [options]

robocopy c:\folder d:\folder transfer_this.txt

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