[ale] Still using plain FTP? Why?

[Boris Borisov]

Many companies is using it for hosting files with anonymous account.

On Monday, January 19, 2015, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>
wrote:
> On 01/19/2015 09:22 AM, JD wrote:
>>
>> For folks using plain FTP still, I'd like to know why?
>>
>> We all know it isn't secure and should have been removed from offers in
the
>> 1990s (along with telnet).
>>
>> So, if you are still using plain FTP, why?
>>
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> Can you believe that there are still web hosting companies that only
support ftp access?
>
> 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.
>
> Jim.
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