On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Michael Heironimus wrote: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 07:09:21PM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote: > > Probably more people would use it if more ftp clients supported it... > > I don't know how well it's supported in MS and Apple worlds... > > I don't know of a single native Windows or Mac ftp client that supports > it. For that matter, the last time I checked support in the UNIX world > wasn't that great either. Most of my ftp is through wget or ncftp (in > both Linux and Windows) and I don't think either one supports ssl-ftp. > > I think it's partly a chicken-and-egg problem. Why use it when almost no > software supports it and almost no sites use it? Why enable it on your > site when almost nobody uses it and almost no clients support it? Why > add it to your client when nobody uses it and most people don't even > understand why they might want to? I suspect that most people/sites who > are concerned about security use ssh/scp/sftp instead. [...]
A simple (perhabs stupid) question concerning this topic: Is there a way to disable logins over ssh while permitting sftp-access? I would like to have a secure ftp-access, but no login for some people (having only a little space on the server for their website). Burkhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
