Ftps is normal ftp over ssl where as sftp is ftp tunneled over ssh. So in
other words to make sftp work they would have to give us all ssh access. My
guess is that's not going to happen. :)
Thank you.
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> Any chance we could get sftp?
>
> SFTP is the one I usually see as an option in commercial software
> (Macromedia Contribute, Dreamweaver etc). I could probably figure out
> ftps and use it on occasion, but I am more concerned about the
> thousands of faculty/staff/students that use ftp (possibly without even
> knowing it) and send their passwords in clear text.
>
>
> On Dec 27, 2005, at 4:26 PM, Troy Murray wrote:
>
>> On 12/27/05, Sean O'Malley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Quick clarification, this is ftp over ssl NOT to be confused with
>>> sftp two
>>> entirely different beasts.
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