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Re: ftp server
- To: Ishai Parasol <ishai-iglu(at-nospam)parasol.org.il>
- Subject: Re: ftp server
- From: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad(at-nospam)benyossef.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:05:47 +0300
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Ishai Parasol wrote:
>
> A question: I'd like to know if using a simple ftp sever (without ssh stuff)
> is dangerous like login with telnet (I'm talking about the password problem)
It is. The username and password are sent in cleartext over the network.
Consider installing SSH and using scp instead.
Gilad.
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