I never use FTP to communicate with a server. I will either use webdav (over https) or scp or a ssh tunnel (I seem to remember FTP cannot be tunnelled over ssh, but it seems ridiculous that it cannot). Even on windows, putty can do secure file transmission.
If we IT professionals don't insist on using secure protocols, we are never going to convince end users/customers of the importance of them. I still see friends handing over their credit card details on websites, oblivious to whether or not the URL says https (let's not even go into the issue of them checking the certificate chain). And these friends are considered IT experts in their circles. Two of my friends who are IT professionals have had their identities stolen and purchases made in their names. 20 years ago when Lotus Notes first appeared, security obsessions were built in from the ground up. It was (originally) aimed at small businesses. And it was assumed that those businesses would need guarantees about the secure transmission of data, local encryption of data, and guarantees of authentication between users and servers. If the same product was built today, I doubt that most of those concerns would be considered. We are far more connected, but apparently far less concerned about data security. Bernard On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com>wrote: > Andre Garzia wrote: > > This usually happens once one of two things happens: >> >> 1 - you have a compromissed FTP account. Maybe one collaborator lost your >> FTP account or an infected machine is harvesting them from your HD (more >> common on windows). Something caused the FTP account to be compromissed, >> > > LiveCode's libURL currently handles only non-secure FTP, so any use of its > FTP features means sending your password over the wire in plain text. > > Given the usefulness of FTP for so many applications and the dangers of > having to use only the older non-secure form, at the risk of sounding like > a broken record here's the link to the RQCC request for secure FTP: > > <http://quality.runrev.com/**show_bug.cgi?id=6405<http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6405> > > > > 154 votes and counting... > > > -- > Richard Gaskin > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode