If all you need to do is protect passwords etc. from being "in the clear" try scp or sftp, they both are installed with a standard install and are invoked in a simular manor to ftp. For example sftp somedomain.com instead of ftp somedomain.com.
James On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 14:41:28 +0100 guran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I have two friends that want to use my box as a library, and communicate via > ftp. We are looking for a way to minimize the crypto needed, as they intend > to load up and share movies and their mp3's in this ftp-server. > > Please - are there any way that they might login in a secure way, and open up > their accounts, but let the transfer of files be more relaxed. One way might > be to upload the stuff and then send the md5sum of the specific file in > crypto. > > I am not subscribed to this list, so I will read your answers in the archive. > > regards > guran > -- > Mandrake Linux 8.2 Cooker kernel-2.4.17.7mdk-1-1mdk version:2002-01-21-10:50 > >
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