Thanks for the tip. I'm going to try it out. I have been using Core FTP Lite to date.
-- Bruce Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 6:20:09 AM, you wrote: A> To those who insist on doing direct file uploads (there are situations A> where that is still preferable), I would recommend a client that uses A> SCP or SFTP, to amend the problems Mark mentions. WinSCP is one A> freeware tool that fits the bill in Windows environments. A> http://winscp.net/eng/index.php A> It's also very important to have the ISP's webserver patched up with A> the security fixes. ISPs who neglects this aren't worth anyone's A> business. A> Jostein A> 2010/3/3 Mark Roberts <[email protected]>: >> Joseph McAllister wrote: >> >>>On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:25 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: >>> >>>> these files are ftp uploaded and seem to work fine >>>> on ebay for many many many times (1000's)all without incident >>>> or failure to display on my system nor any reports >>>> thru ebay or direct from any ebay buyers reporting either. >>>> Not sure why a few don't like them, pretty basic >>>> stuff. I use CA antivirus service on the pc at this time. >>> >>>While ftp uploading is rather anachronistic (you haven't replaced that >>>2400 baud modem yet?) I found that most of the time I get a photo of a >>>cormorant on a goose. But I did get the grey screen of WARNING on two >>>occasions. It may not be your photo(s) JC, but obviously the site >>>trips Google's crawlers quite often. >> >> No one should be using FTP in the year 2010. FTP in inherently >> unsecure because it passes password data unencrypted(!) and therefore >> visible to anyone snooping anywhere between the sender and receiver. >> There are known vulnerabilities in some routers which, if unpatched, >> allow third parties to "eavesdrop" and grab FTP passwords. >> >> The problem(s) with JCO's site aren't in the images. They're in other >> files that have been uploaded by whoever has snooped his password. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> A> -- A> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ A> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
