Re: Are FTP Clients on unix boxes turned off?

From: Laurenz Albe (albe_at_culturallNOSPAM.com)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 08:36:46 +0000 (UTC)

Divakar <divakar.j@gmail.com> wrote:
> In one of my assignments

What kind of assignment? Homework? Or are you a consultant?
Both is frequently a sign of cluelessness :^)

> 1. First of all, Are ftp clients available by default on all main unix
> platforms ? (Aix, Solaris, HPUX, Linux etc.)

Usually yes. On some systems you get a choice, but the FTP client is
always on the install media.

> 2. Do sysadmins perceive using ftp clients on unix boxes as a security
> threat of some sort.

The only problem I see with an FTP client is that it sends data and
passwords unencrypted. If you are in an environment where there is danger
of people sniffing network traffic for passwords, it is better to use
something else.
Still you want to have an FTP client on your system, for example to do
anonymous ftp to download sites.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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