Re: Are FTP Clients on unix boxes turned off?
From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 02/03/05
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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:13:36 +0100
In comp.unix.admin Divakar <divakar.j@gmail.com>:
> In one of my assignments, we are trying to propose a solution involving
Homework?
> 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.)
Yep, even if can't be guaranteed, as many *nix boxes are
installed auto-magically with net booting through one or another
vendor dependent variant, allowing for heavily customized
installations.
> 2. Do sysadmins perceive using ftp clients on unix boxes as a security
> threat of some sort.
Yep, standard ftp has no security at all and should be used for
anonymous ftp/tftp/etc only.
Use sftp/scp instead.
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