Question : ftp over ssl solaris

Experts,
My shell script in SunOS 5.8 ftp data from an external server. I didnt have an issue in it till now. Now that my organization policy does not allow ftp due to security reasons, i have to try ftping over a ssl handshake. Can some one help me what the prerequsits are to do it, and may be some guidance how this should actually be done. This is a daily batch process and I have to accomplish it in my scripts, hence shell script samples (or links to it) are welcome. Thanks in advance.

Answer : ftp over ssl solaris

I would recommend curl as it handles FTPS.

Example

curl ftps://10.1.1.1/some/file

or if the remote end is listening on port 21

curl --ftp-ssl ftp://10.1.1.1/some/file

You can grab a copy of curl from http://sunfreeware.com/indexsparc8.html