Re: Are FTP Clients on unix boxes turned off?

From: Michael Vilain (vilain_at_spamcop.net)
Date: 02/03/05 

Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 01:40:14 -0800

In article <1107405919.966347.234110@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
 "Divakar" <divakar.j@gmail.com> wrote:

> In one of my assignments, we are trying to propose a solution involving
> using ftp clients on unix boxes. I am trying to poll this group to see
> how unix sysadmins typically look at ftp clients on a unix box.
> 1. First of all, Are ftp clients available by default on all main unix
> platforms ? (Aix, Solaris, HPUX, Linux etc.)
> 2. Do sysadmins perceive using ftp clients on unix boxes as a security
> threat of some sort.
> Any comments in this area will be appreciated.
>
> Divakar

Clients aren't the issue. Now typically, the ftpd server is disabled
unless the system is behind a firewall and the local network group
doesn't care. Then ssh and it's brethren are enabled instead. 

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