On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 06:49:13AM -0700, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 acme_at_ao.net wrote:
>
> > And BTW, what's wrong with the FTP client provided with Win9x? Sure, it's
> > command-line only, but IMHO beats paying for a GUI version . . .
>
> Hahahahaha :)
>
> Seriously though, there are freeware versions that can be readily
> downloaded that are 1000 times better. But for my purposes, I like
> VanDyke's Secure FX because I don't use any open-text (i.e. unencrypted)
> protocols any longer for remote access.
That depends. FTP is ok for things like downloading software archives
from public ftp servers - no password to steal. For any file transfer
where the authentication is better kept secret, scp is the tool of
choice for me.
Regards,
Alex.
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Received on Thu Aug 28 2003 - 13:53:00 BST