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Originally Posted by trache
alpha phi - why do you make such a claim that an FTP server will get hacked if made public? I've had mine online for about 10 years now (hosted at home and on a major backbone) without any incidents. Yes the FTP protocol passes passwords back and forth in plaintext, but I hate to scare someone away from doing something like that nonetheless. There are a myriad of ways one could use to restrict access to those only AquaFox trusts.
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There is a huge difference between public and restricted access
Anyone with a kiddie script can crack FTP with public uploads allowed
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