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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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    That's correct, they massively pre-date the days where copying over internal networks was considered to require encryption and the Internet was a distant dream :) – Julian Knight Jun 16 '16 at 21:02