On Wed, 12 May 2004 09:12:12 -0500, Dan Rue <drue at therub.org> wrote: <SNIP> > > I don't particularily like the anonymous idea. It opens you up to many > more vulnerabilities - since now anyone that wants it can log in. anonymous refers to actually loging in as the virtual ftp user "anonymous" (not a real username on the system) There's a whole set of config options for this "user" - like if the anonymous user can upload, download, read, write etc. From what I know it's more secure than letting real users login. > Also, make sure the clients know that there is no security with ftp - > don't let them send confidential info across the wire, or you may find > yourself liable (I'm just making that up, i dunno, but i wouldn't be > surprised). > Oh yeah - I've said this over and over... hence the eason I'm going with anonymous access - not real usernames/passwords will go accross the wire. > hth, > dan > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list