Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 12:39:43 +0200 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: Helge Oldach <freebsd@oldach.net> Cc: emaste@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, hausen@punkt.de Subject: Re: Deprecating base system ftpd? Message-ID: <0C4AA33F-713B-4AA9-A5B1-6C5717F00FBB@lassitu.de> In-Reply-To: <202104061008.136A8jqr083015@nuc.oldach.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Am 06.04.2021 um 12:08 schrieb Helge Oldach <freebsd@oldach.net>: > > Stefan Bethke wrote on Tue, 06 Apr 2021 11:29:34 +0200 (CEST): >> Strato did disable FTP access over a year ago, > > Actually it was effective October 20, 2020. You are correct; I was remembering the announcement, not the switch off. > and instructed customers on how to use SSH-based access instead, > > They have a completely different incentive (avoiding cleartext passwords > over the Internet, and reportedly they had a number of cases where > customers where affected by password snooping) than a local admin person > on a local network not exposed to the public. > >> so it's definitely possible, and people are moving towards more secure >> protocols, even when (non-technical) end users are affected. > > No doubt about that. Any information about the ticket volume triggered > by this deprecation? I have no insight into Strato's operations, but from having to support a bunch of non-technical people who are customers, I'd say it was relatively painless, because Strato provided good instructions, and the (non-techincal) customers were using GUI clients already anyway where they only needed to switch from FTP to SFTP. Stefan -- Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEJ+hF98o4r3eU/HiPD885WK4W4sEFAmBsOm8ACgkQD885WK4W 4sHI1gf+JVsChAufMK7mjfUn8Zl9YosMeEPis6IiowDE8fCCR+anXanOamEn96XW 58mVIWOtsZPfXUhboe6cjjy/M7d3EyOBUvvm8yFfyy2JHXs7/fyx5qeKiIn+fMeR pg+Nxnzn6Wtz4ffUG6FogKHOjQhpbDwHrIqcjR32EiL9qrLH88pP6O0eQqJgQ/OQ salwWdY88zFZWblycwlHY0A+G5+H24lf7eprD0oQeF3Bb/zi/5sw/K06obagtVLa DKITWhJS5MHA0cDFqN6IwpncKrrFxKxznrj42SFONtLLCpS9924V6ItrP7e6eovZ iY3ANbqJBP7WNCW0V7RKyaoSySxzyQ== =NPXK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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