On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 04:45:23AM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The fact is that FTP with security extensions is the > defacto standard way of solving the clear text password > exposure problem in the commercial Web hosting world. > Millions of people use it. SSH2/SFTP may be technologically > superior, but it is not what most places use. If you go to > Barns and Noble or some other large bookstore you will find > dozens and dozens of beginners' books about Web authoring. > They all describe the process of uploading files through > FTP or DAV. Hardly any of them mention SSH2/SFTP at all.
If you need transparent FTP encryption, you may look at SafeTP http://safetp.cs.berkeley.edu/ Unfortunately, the development of that software is currently very slow, but its model is well-thought. Marcin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
