'in his experience, ftp is a totally safe transport medium'

Which, of course, explains the existence of SSH and SCP.

For all the recent concern I've seen around the Monastery regarding security, I'm suprised nobody has pointed out the inherent flaws in the concept of using FTP to transfer your files, your username, and your password in plain text across the internet.

SCP, an encrypted drop-in replacement for FTP, is a great alternative, and there is even a Net::SCP module that should allow you to keep using your current scripts, even if they currently rely on Net::FTP.

And for a secure (encrypted) remote shell prompt in Perl, you can't beat the Net::SSH module.

I realize it's probably too late (or perhaps completely unfeasible ;-) to switch to these in the middle of your project, but maybe you or someone else who reads this can use these in future projects. Take a look at the secure alternatives to FTP and Telnet; now that the US encryption export laws have changed (and the RSA patents have expired) you can use them for free on almost any OS.

In reply to Re: Re: When is it safe to move a file? by Dragonfly
in thread When is it safe to move a file? by BoredByPolitics

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