En Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 12:04:41PM +0800, Migs Paraz escribio: #_ FTP is resistant to encrypting passwords since sFTP clients for #_ Windows is hard to come by, and tunneling over SSH is clunky on #_ Windows. We need to cater to Windows users since this FTP is for #_ updating websites in a hosting setup. #_ #_ FTP as it is has sniffable passwords in the clear. #_ #_ I thought of this: #_ How about locking out the user's account until they are ready to FTP. #_ Before they FTP, the user goes to a SSL protected site where they can #_ retrieve a generated FTP session password. This password will be #_ used for FTP but will be disabled once the FTP session is finished. #_ #_ This might break automated setups, though... or FTP from web #_ publishing programs, perhaps?
How about stunnel (http://www.stunnel.org/)? Has anybody tried it already? Program that wraps normal socket connections with SSL/TLS You might have it installed in your system already, check: rpm -qi stunnel -- Juan Miguel Cacho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para�aque City, Philippines GnuPG Public Key Key ID 7B071F7F http://www.philonline.com/~chocovim/pancitmolo.pgp Drive safely. 90% of people are caused by accidents. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
