Re: VPN or FTP?

From: Peter Young (youngpa_at_comcast.no.net.spam.please)
Date: 08/29/03 

Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:25:42 GMT

"Steve Smith" <s.w.smithREMOVECAPS@cox.net> wrote in message
news:gUJ3b.32392$Zw4.23563@lakeread03...

> I'm still curious how someone on the Internet could sniff
> my FTP user name and password. In my situation, I'm
> not concerned about my co-workers, but I wouldn't
> want some hacker on the net to have access my data.

Bring up a command prompt and type in:

tracert <your IP or domain name>

and see how many hops it takes to get to your home PC. Every one of those
hops is a computer that could be used to monitor your activities. Is it
likely? Probably not. Is it possible? Definitely yes.

-Pete