Re: FTP and security

From: drunkardswalk@earthlink.net
Date: 02/07/03 

From: drunkardswalk@earthlink.net
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 02:26:47 -0700

On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:55:57 -0800, "David Jones" <kk7gw@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Remember also that FTP is not designed to be 'secure' as
>it passes usernames and passwords in clear text. If
>someone between the FTP server and whereever the client
>is can watch network traffic, they can get your
>password. If you really need security, use some sort of
>tunnel or use a different mechanism (DAV, etc) for
>transferring files.

FTP? Secure? Bu-wa-ha-ha-ha-ha! <g>

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