Re: graphical ftp client

[Jim Cornette <fc-cornette insight rr com>]

akonstam trinity edu wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 05:57:21PM -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
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> > akonstam trinity edu wrote:
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> > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 10:28:46PM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
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> > > > rwhart mchsi com wrote:
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> > > > > sorry for the repost, I didn't relealize the subject line was still 
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> > > > > Hi all,
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> > > > > Can one of you recommend the best graphical FTP client for FC4 that is 
> > > > > available
> > > > > as open source and is available as an rpm?
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> > > > gftp
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> > > With  that program you get all the insecurity of ftp instead of sftp.
> > > Is that not right?
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> > If you are getting information that is not confidential, why worry if 
> > you are using sftp or ftp? If it is sniffed there is no loss.
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> > Jim
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> Well first as a mea culpa gftp handles sftp .
> Second, It is you passwd that you don't want sniffed so sftp is
> important for security.
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I usually use ftp on sites that do not require passwords. I did not see 
any security risk there with using ftp. I never thought about 
transferring information from one user account on a computer to another 
user account on another computer. Sftp would be safer in that situation.
Well at least I learned something that I did not know before. For 
situations where security is a concern, gftp can do sftp, live and learn.

Jim

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