-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/9/11 6:15 AM, Amy Gibbs wrote: > It seemed the easiest way of uploading a file to the server?
In addition to what others have mentioned, it is worth pointing out that FTP is a notoriously insecure protocol (or at least lends itself to security vulnerabilities). It doesn't support encryption out of the box, so you would have to deal with the added headache (larger or smaller, depending on implementation) of tunneling through an encrypted pipe or using a later variant of FTP that supports encryption but then requires support by both client and server. Like most vendors I've seen, Apple implicitly discourages the use of FTP. Quoting page 201 of the Snow Leopard Security Configuration guide: "Avoid using this protocol to share sensitive data. If you must use this protocol, encrypt your data using a secure encrypted image." - -- Conrad Shultz Synthetiq Solutions www.synthetiqsolutions.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iD8DBQFOQWbHaOlrz5+0JdURAn4RAJ9oHZVCLmqwcv7nNShZggzNGtVDFQCfVF/e Rny+npzOo8j55OPj6Ql1Q3E= =UbbC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
