Because not everyone knows how to use things like ettercap which can intercept versions of ssh and https connections and who knows what else. However, it would be easy for someone to look over my shoulder. Also, sftp has larger overhead and encryption is not always necessary.
On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 19:00, will hill wrote: > Use sftp? ftp sends passwords in plain text, why bother to hide it? When I > set up ftp, I use anonymous access. > > On Friday 26 March 2004 18:46, Alvaro Zuniga wrote: > > .... > > Nautilus keeps the password on the main window when browsing ftp, any > > way around that? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
