----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafael 'Dido' Sevilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [plug] How to allow root to ftp
> Don't use FTP AT ALL. Period. Unless you're doing anonymous FTP. > Please use SCP or SFTP to do your file transfers. And while you're at > it, stop using Telnet and use SSH instead. Strong authentication is an > absolute REQUIREMENT in this day and age, most especially if your > computer is directly connected to the Big Bad Internet. I have no idea > why people still insist on making use of these protocols, which should > be considered obsolete and dangerous. I guess people sometimes want to give read access to other people, without the additional traffic/computational overhead of encryption/decryption, as it is with SSH. It won't hurt if you want the data you'll be putting in the ftp server to be world readable anyway. However you should use a secure ftp server (not just ftp). (now, there is http...) ramil. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
