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Re^2: Beginners guide to Net::FTPby Aristotle (Chancellor) |
| on Jul 23, 2003 at 00:42 UTC ( [id://276978]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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You should do that anyway, then - FTP transmits your password in the clear, so anyone who has root (or can otherwise put a NIC in promiscious mode) on any box on your LAN can sniff it. Worse, if it's a bigger network, it's not unlikely that someone can sneak into a room somewhere and plug his own laptop into your ethernet. Or such. FTP has served us well but should really be left to rest in peace - the innocent days of networking are long over.
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