To those who insist on doing direct file uploads (there are situations where that is still preferable), I would recommend a client that uses SCP or SFTP, to amend the problems Mark mentions. WinSCP is one freeware tool that fits the bill in Windows environments. http://winscp.net/eng/index.php
It's also very important to have the ISP's webserver patched up with the security fixes. ISPs who neglects this aren't worth anyone's business. Jostein 2010/3/3 Mark Roberts <m...@robertstech.com>: > Joseph McAllister wrote: > >>On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:25 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: >> >>> these files are ftp uploaded and seem to work fine >>> on ebay for many many many times (1000's)all without incident >>> or failure to display on my system nor any reports >>> thru ebay or direct from any ebay buyers reporting either. >>> Not sure why a few don't like them, pretty basic >>> stuff. I use CA antivirus service on the pc at this time. >> >>While ftp uploading is rather anachronistic (you haven't replaced that >>2400 baud modem yet?) I found that most of the time I get a photo of a >>cormorant on a goose. But I did get the grey screen of WARNING on two >>occasions. It may not be your photo(s) JC, but obviously the site >>trips Google's crawlers quite often. > > No one should be using FTP in the year 2010. FTP in inherently > unsecure because it passes password data unencrypted(!) and therefore > visible to anyone snooping anywhere between the sender and receiver. > There are known vulnerabilities in some routers which, if unpatched, > allow third parties to "eavesdrop" and grab FTP passwords. > > The problem(s) with JCO's site aren't in the images. They're in other > files that have been uploaded by whoever has snooped his password. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
