On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 05:57:21PM -0500, Jim Cornette wrote: > akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 10:28:46PM -0600, Steven Stern wrote: > > > > > >>rwhart@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > >> > >> > >>>sorry for the repost, I didn't relealize the subject line was still > >>>blank when I > >>>sent it! > >>> > >>>Hi all, > >>> > >>>Can one of you recommend the best graphical FTP client for FC4 that is > >>>available > >>>as open source and is available as an rpm? > >>> > >>> > >>gftp > >> > >> > >> > >With that program you get all the insecurity of ftp instead of sftp. > >Is that not right? > > > > > > > If you are getting information that is not confidential, why worry if > you are using sftp or ftp? If it is sniffed there is no loss. > > Jim Well first as a mea culpa gftp handles sftp . Second, It is you passwd that you don't want sniffed so sftp is important for security. -- ======================================================================= Don't try to outweird me, three-eyes. I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal. -- Zaphod Beeblebrox ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
