[plug] re: FTP set-up

[Mike Holland]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Jon L. Miller wrote:

> Anyone care to give pointers on setting up a secure FTP site (eg non
> anonftp)?

FTP passes passwords in plaintext, so you either need a different
protocol, or an extra layer.
  Check out the "secure ftp" homepage for ftp-over-ssh:

	http://www.xbill.org/sftp/

I found an "ask slashdot" too:

http://slashdot.org/askslashdot/99/05/10/2332231.shtml

Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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