Re: free FTP recommendation?

On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:50:33 +0000, I waved a wand and this message
magically appears in front of August West:

RETIRE FTPd *fast*, and tell them to use ssh and sftp instead.

Why? C'mon, tell us, rather than just knee-jerk recived wisdom. I'm
quite happy to run ftp server on my main CoLo server box. Tell me why
should I be worried.

I'll give you that FTP can be more efficent, but if you want security
and encryption you'd be better off using ssh/sftp...
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