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Date:      Thu, 03 Jul 2003 20:49:26 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Per olof Ljungmark <peo@intersonic.se>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Opinions on ftp-server
Message-ID:  <3F04CF16.3060702@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F04AB61.2010405@intersonic.se>
References:  <3F04AB61.2010405@intersonic.se>

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Per olof Ljungmark wrote:
> Access is for clients editing webpages, no anonymous. Number of users is 
> low so authorization through passwd is fine.

The FTP procotol sends passwords unencrypted: don't use FTP for "real users" if 
you can avoid it by using scp, sftp, rsync+ssh, or anything else.

-Chuck




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