I don't know the details, just that SFTP (over SSH) is considered more secures than FTPS. Raw SFTP is not secure. SFTP is another overloaded acronym; there is a simple FTP that, I hope, nobody is advocating.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Gibney, Dave [gib...@wsu.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 11:07 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: FTP-Links in IBM Websites and PTFs Really, what is the security risk of FTPS? I know it seems to be increasingly considered a problem, but why? > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On > Behalf Of Seymour J Metz > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2021 8:03 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: FTP-Links in IBM Websites and PTFs > > Wouldn't it make more sense to ask IBM to provide SFTP-SSH servers rather > than FTP servers, given the concern with security? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mason.gmu.edu/*smetz3__;fg!!JmPEg > BY0HMszNaDT!_m3Ckcj9MFsUnN8F3g4iVpCLZYlJCYu3SOwJqY064YzzICmSy8 > G6N_q73CLyQw$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
