On Thu 19 Sep, Tom bloviated thus: > Question One: Do people agree with this? If tomorrow all > instances of 'ftpd' were magically changed to 'sshd', would we > have all the functionality we wanted, but with improved security?
Security aside, one of the biggest problems the software we produce (here at work) has with external systems is with FTP. Most of the systems use FTP to move their data around. The problems arise when various poorly configured firewalls are stuck in between. Passive mode never seems to work well. -- Rev Simon Rumble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.rumble.net Send email with subject "send key pub" for public key. "Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on." - Winston Churchill
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