Public bug reported: Although wput originally supports TLS encryption, the version provided by Ubuntu does not. This is a shame in a post Snowden world.
You can see that it supports out of the box: https://sourceforge.net/p/wput/code/ci/master/tree/INSTALL but somehow even on Ubuntu 17.04 that option is still not available. (the flag is disabled in compile time compilation) Here is the output of a custom compiled version of wput: wput --help ------------------------------------------------------ [a lot of stuff] FTP-Options: -p, --port-mode no-passive, turn on port mode ftp (def. pasv) -A, --ascii force ASCII mode-transfer -B, --binary force BINARY mode-transfer -m, --chmod change mode of transferred files ([0-7]{3}) --force-tls force the useage of TLS --disable-tls disable the usage of TLS See wput(1) for more detailed descriptions of the options. Report bugs and suggestions via SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=141519 --------------------------------------------------------- ** Affects: wput (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1678463 Title: wput should be compiled with TLS support To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wput/+bug/1678463/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
