Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> I'd actually moving away from FTP to HTTPS for authenticated downloads, and
> WebDAV over HTTPS for uploads. It's a lot easier to configure for firewalls
> for various reasons, and there's little chance of having your traffic
> sniffed as there is with FTP, which crackers just *love* to monitor for the
> key phrase "asswd" and the packets after it with your clear-text password in
> them.
>
>
You make a very good point there, that it is desirable to use ftp only
for anonymous ftp services, for the reason you mention.

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