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Re: [SLE] Secure FTP?
- From: James Watkins <misterwatto@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 12:25:32 +0100
- Message-id: <431ECE2C.6000308@xxxxxxxxx>
Randall R Schulz wrote:
So vsftpd isn't very secure after all? I'm mildly worried now, I'm using vsftpd to serve files over the internet. Can you explain what it is that's insecure, is it something inherent in the FTP protocol or did you just mean that there are some dodgy implementations of it out there?
Cheers,
James.
As far as day-to-day file transfer goes, just forget about TFTP. Use SCP or sFTP. If you're not using the Internet, you can use FTP, but it's very unsecure, so it's not appropriate to use it for password-protected / non-anonymous transfers that traverse the Internet.
So vsftpd isn't very secure after all? I'm mildly worried now, I'm using vsftpd to serve files over the internet. Can you explain what it is that's insecure, is it something inherent in the FTP protocol or did you just mean that there are some dodgy implementations of it out there?
Cheers,
James.
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