[X4U] setting up an ftp server with tiger

[David Ledger]

>From: Randy B.Singer <randy at macattorney.com>
>alexandre said:
>>i'd like to set up and ftp server on a G4 powermac so that clients
>>can download files from it.
>
>The hard part is security. Once you set up your Mac as an FTP server,
>anyone can download files from it.
>
>To remedy this, check out:
>iGet
>http://www.fivespeed.com/iget/
>For a completely different alternative, check out:
>http://www.yousendit.com

Anyone with a username and password (or who can guess one) can 
download files from it (and upload to it).

The problem with ftp is that all the data, including username and 
password, goes over the net in clear and can be seen by anyone with a 
packet sniffer. scp and sftp are safe(r).

iget  appears to be a gui wrapper for some scp functionality.

David


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