Re: Adobe GoLive speaks only FTP .. suggestions?

From: those who know me have no need of my name (not-a-real-address@usa.net)
Date: 10/15/02 

From: those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 23:30:31 -0000

in comp.os.linux.security i read:
>"those who know me have no need of my name" <not-a-real-address@usa.net>
>wrote in message news:m1ptucdczg.gnus@usa.net...
>> in comp.os.linux.security i read:

>> >Adobe GoLive will upload a site only through FTP.
>>
>> i've also read that webdav can be used with golive 6, and perhaps
>> previous versions too.
>
>It works just fine with WebDAV on GoLive 5, including HTTPS capability.

ahh, that's news to me. last i heard https didn't work -- apparently
the dreamweaver propaganda machine was working, on me at least.

>But file "saves" are quite slow, and basically lock up the application
>for 30 to 60 seconds every time you do it, so closing a file or saving
>your work incrementally are quite painful.

then again this seems to indicate that it doesn't `really work'.

>> >I don't particularly want to use FTP anywhere on my box.
>>
>> why?
>
>Because he doesn't want to transmit passwords in the clear.

it is not a given that this would be the case, or that that is why it
was stated, i.e., there are other possibilities as well (e.g., the
material being transferred must be kept confidential or they are worried
about potential `double nat' problems). only the op can say for sure
why they are worried about ftp. 

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