Best FTP client to get

[Gilles Gravier]

And gFTP supports SSH2 file tranfers, with the same, convenient, user
interface. :)

Gilles.

Karl Auer wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-10-23 at 02:12 -0700, thomas wrote:
>   
>> I need to get a FTP client so that I can post a website.
>>     
>
> I'm sure others will provide good info on FTP clients.
>
> BUT:
>
> If you use FTP, your password travels in clear text across the Internet.
> It is extremely easy to steal, and your site is very vulnerable. If your
> web hosting service provider offers a secure upload facility - SCP or
> SFTP for example - you should use that, and NOT use FTP.
>
> If your web hosting service provider does not offer a secure upload
> facility, you should strongly consider changing providers.
>
> If for some reason I cannot imagine you are forced to use a totally
> insecure mechanism for administering your website, at very least make
> sure that you do not use a password that even remotely resembles any
> other password you may use, keep a good backup of all your site data,
> change your password frequently, and check your site *very* frequently
> for unauthorised changes. Just looking at the site is not enough - you
> have to compare files, as many web attacks these days just do things
> like attach malicious javascript to HTML files. Invisible, but damaging.
>
> Regards, K.
>
>