Ass far as I can FTP security issues are either perceived or mythical

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> I thought that FTP was going aay due to security, with SSH+SFTP replacing it.
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> In general? Because FTP is "universal" and not going away.
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> Charles
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> On Mon, 3 May 2021 06:40:49 -0700, Charles Mills wrote:
> 
> >That is consistent with my impression.
> >
> >In non-passive (non FW Friendly) mode, counterintuitively the server is
> sometimes initiating a connection TO the client. PASV (FWFRIENDLY) mode
> eliminates that counterintuitive protocol, and makes things easier relative to
> a firewall. Hence the name, Firewall Friendly.
> >
> Why are people (and published tools) in this 21st Century still
> relying on FTP when HTTPS works on cbttape even better?
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