akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote:
On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 05:57:21PM -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
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>>On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 10:28:46PM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
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>>>rwhart(a)mchsi.com wrote:
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>>>>sorry for the repost, I didn't relealize the subject line was still
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>>>>Hi all,
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>>>>Can one of you recommend the best graphical FTP client for FC4 that is
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>>>>as open source and is available as an rpm?
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>>>gftp
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>>With that program you get all the insecurity of ftp instead of sftp.
>>Is that not right?
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>If you are getting information that is not confidential, why worry if
>you are using sftp or ftp? If it is sniffed there is no loss.
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>Jim
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Well first as a mea culpa gftp handles sftp .
Second, It is you passwd that you don't want sniffed so sftp is
important for security.
I usually use ftp on sites that do not require passwords. I did not see
any security risk there with using ftp. I never thought about
transferring information from one user account on a computer to another
user account on another computer. Sftp would be safer in that situation.
Well at least I learned something that I did not know before. For
situations where security is a concern, gftp can do sftp, live and learn.
Jim
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Don't change the reason, just change the excuses!
-- Joe Cointment