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02-14-2006, 07:09 PM
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Registered: Nov 2005
Location: Enid Ok
Distribution: ubuntu 64 , debian , fedora core , vista ultimate 64, Winows 7 64 ultimate :p
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wu-ftp question
I have wu-ftp running on redhat 7.2 and i know it uses unencrypted passwords so my question is if some one on my network uses a packet sniffer will they get user passwords and is there any other security aspects that i should be aware of useing this service ?
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02-14-2006, 08:46 PM
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Registered: Nov 2004
Location: ON, CANADA
Distribution: ubuntu, RHAS, and other unmentionables
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Yes they can, ftp is very insecure. Use sftp instead.
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