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Date:      Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:20:16 -0800
From:      "Jonathan Graehl" <jonathan@graehl.org>
To:        "freebsd-Arch" <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: ftpd SITE MD5 and "really bad links"
Message-ID:  <NCBBLOALCKKINBNNEDDLOEJCDMAA.jonathan@graehl.org>
In-Reply-To: <200103152102.QAA49281@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>

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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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