On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 16:25:29 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) wrote:
> s> With FTP and with Telnet you have to send your password in the clear. > yes, but FTP has additionally to sending everything in the clear, a very error > prone protocol. > I wrote this already by saying that there are many security risks in the FTP > software. Ordainary FTP and Telnet are old Internet protocols dating back to the early days of the Internet when there was no widespread access to the Internet outside of the university and technical community. Browsers didn't exist, almost everything was in text mode, there were no commercial ISP's. Due to the co-operative and idealistic ethos of the time security was not a big problem and simple measures like passwords and file permissions were sufficient. But that was a long time ago. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
