<div dir="ltr">I use FTP where the server requires it or where security isn't a concern. Some folks / scripts might still use FTP to transfer text files and convert line breaks in one go via ASCII mode. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Jim Lynch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com" target="_blank">ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 01/19/2015 09:22 AM, JD wrote:<br>
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For folks using plain FTP still, I'd like to know why?<br>
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We all know it isn't secure and should have been removed from offers in the<br>
1990s (along with telnet).<br>
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So, if you are still using plain FTP, why?<br>
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Can you believe that there are still web hosting companies that only support ftp access?<br>
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Telnet is a useful debugging tool. I won't use it for remote shell access, but for a quick test to see if a port is working on a remote system, I will.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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