-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, January 18, 2003, Carsten Thönges wrote...
>> Alas, no. Say you want to transfer a file to me, using FTP. Either >> you would have to allow me to connect directly to your computer, or >> I would have to let you connect to mine. This would be a _big_ >> security problem, and possibly impossible, depending upon how you >> are connected to the internet. > Yes. And standard FTP doesn't encrypt passwords. IMHO FTP is not an > option. And neither does standard POP, or IMAP. So either way you look at it, you've giving away passwords somewhere. Most communications over the internet are done in plain text... something that most people are happily oblivious too. - -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQA/AwUBPiwd2yuD6BT4/R9zEQL37wCgqPBvN8KEXQIIGYLEuSqy1BgMPDIAoJBK /pJfOGoUqRrOhwkAfL4W+oD4 =kPJH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html