sending large amount of data securely

[Micah]

Dave wrote:
> Hello,
>    I've got two freebsd6 boxes on one i have a large collection of 
> files, like about 3.5 gb worth, that i want to send securely to the 
> other box. I've tried:
> 
> scp -24Cpr
> 
> to do it, it transfered 1gb of data then quit. I'm suspecting it didn't 
> get the sym links if any in this data. Any suggestions appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Dave.
> 

Some options are to tar then scp, or to use rsync+ssh.  I've transfered 
6gb tar backups via scp in the past with no problems.

HTH,
Micah