At 19:20 07/09/2004 -0300, Andre Garzia wrote:


On Sep 7, 2004, at 6:58 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote:

Could anyone (intentionaly) sniff the password
used to connect to a ftp server?

I don't think so. Unless someone launch a bogus server and force a user to log in.

Yes, they can sniff passwords. Standard FTP (rfc959) sends passwords in cleartext, so anyone with physical access to the network, and suitable packet-capture hardware can easily sniff the password.


See rfc 2577 for various other things that will scare you about using ftp :-)

-- Alex.
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