graphical ftp client
akonstam at trinity.edu
akonstam at trinity.edu
Thu Dec 1 14:53:57 UTC 2005
On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 05:57:21PM -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
> akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
>
> >On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 10:28:46PM -0600, Steven Stern wrote:
> >
> >
> >>rwhart at mchsi.com wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>sorry for the repost, I didn't relealize the subject line was still
> >>>blank when I
> >>>sent it!
> >>>
> >>>Hi all,
> >>>
> >>>Can one of you recommend the best graphical FTP client for FC4 that is
> >>>available
> >>>as open source and is available as an rpm?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>gftp
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >With that program you get all the insecurity of ftp instead of sftp.
> >Is that not right?
> >
> >
> >
> 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.
>
> Jim
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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Aaron Konstam
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Trinity University
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