On 17/01/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Boros Attila wrote: > > > > You should not use FTP for anything but anonymous access to public > > sites. It sends your username and password in cleartext. Use SFTP, or > > secure FTP instead. It uses SSH to transfer files, and unlike > > standard FTP, it encrypts both commands and data. Do not confuse > > secure FTP with the Simple File Transfer Protocol, it has the same > > abbreviation but it is completely different. > > > > The functionality of secure FTP is very similar to vanilla FTP with a > > few additions like creating symlinks and changing file permissions on > > the remote system. > > Thanks Boros - It looks like I need to find a SFTP client, or maybe use > the built in file manager (have to check if it is safe.) > > I'm really ticked by the invasion of my site - whoever it was apparently > was using Frontpage because some directories not have these _vti > subdirectories. It looks like I will need to delete the whole site and > re-upload from my local copy to make sure it is truly right. > > Thanks -
I've always used putty and psftp on Windows: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html (but that probably wont suit people who don't like command line tools ;-) As for guessing passwords, I came across this just the other day which shows just how easily many passwords can be guessed: http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0701.html#15 Eric. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
