sshd and ftpd

[Karl F. Larsen]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>>     This afternoon I decided to get ssh working between my big computer 
>> and my laptop. I did so and it works fine with a password. I fooled 
>> around but could not get it to work like ftp.
>>     
>
> What does this actually mean?  If you want a ftp-like file transfer
> mechanism, use sftp
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol)
>
>   
>> So I loaded ftpd on both computers and that works just as expected, put,get ect.
>>
>> I recall that ftp is not as safe as ssh. I do not recall why.
>>     
>
> It transfers passwords (and everything else) in plain-text.
>
>   
>> Should I do anything to protect my computers with ftpd running?
>>     
>
> No, you should stop using ftpd, since you have no existing (legacy)
> reason to use it.
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
>   
ok Matt I will load sftp and see how that works.


Karl