[ale] Secure FTP?

[djinn at djinnspace.com]

Jonathan Rickman wrote:

>
> This may sound totally retarded coming from a paranoid security
freak...
>
> SFTP is not practical in a hosting environment. You're probably better
off
> tackling the real issue, clear text authentication. This can be taken
out of the
> picture a million different ways. That's where I'd start...the file
transfers
> probably are not in need of protection since they're presumably going
to be
> published on the site anyway.
>
> --
> Jonathan Rickman
> X Corps Security
> http://www.xcorps.net

You are so right, that's exactly the answer I was looking for.  Thank
you.
Of course you realise that my next question has to be....

So how do I avoid clear text authentication?  :)


jenn

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