I do want to state that being able to watch packets or make modifications to them would mean that 'someone' would be sitting in a place where they would see ALL packets whizzing by - like the phone company, or part of the packet switching network world. And those people could screw with you daily as it is - why should FTP interest them?? I would be more worried about someone 'dumpster diving' for your data than modifying or grabbing the in-transit packets, so long as the user was not sitting in a Starbucks using an OpenWiFi connnection! Otherwise, I think that it may be just a *bit* or paranoia! ;-)
But overall I agree FTP is terribly hard to 'automate' - if FTP is part of the requirements, it is almost always the part that changes ALL THE TIME. We frequently just produce the file, and have them learn the wonders of CuteFTP... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno > Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 10:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] FTP > > I see security has been mentioned a couple times but I hope > that sinks in - FTP is not a secure protocol. Your EDI > headers and detail are open for viewing. Seeing that you're > in the trucking business someone might find it worth their > time to watch your packets or maybe even make modifications > in order to redirect or intercept shipments. No, not > paranoia, it happens. ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
