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From: "Jonathan Graehl" <jonathan@graehl.org>
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Subject: RE: ftpd SITE MD5 and "really bad links"
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:20:16 -0800
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> In article <NCBBLOALCKKINBNNEDDLGEJBDMAA.jonathan@graehl.org> you write:
>
> >A digest of the file would be significantly more useful if the FTP
> >server had a site key
>
> Repeat after me: this is not, and is not intended to be, a security
> mechanism.

I didn't say it was, or was intended to be - I said it *would* also be useful as
a security mechanism *if* ...

> There is already a security mechanism defined for FTP.

Do you mean ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2228.txt ?  If not, clarify.

-Jon


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