On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:14:10AM +0800, Ramil Sagum wrote: > 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...)
Yes. If you just want to share a file with someone, use http. Stick the file in a subdirectory on your web site and only give the link to people you want. This is as safe as FTP, but the web server doesn't run as root (after the initial port listening) and doesn't have any of the security nightmares associated with ftpd's. The only reason for running an ftp server nowadays is to give people access to files but not logins. Use proftpd for this, and don't use the system password file. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- 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
