What is the best FTP client?

tlarkin · 10-07-2009, 03:48 PM

You should not use FTP because it sends passwords in clear text, and is not secure, especially to a web host. If someone is out to hijack websites they can sit there and sniff packets being sent and if your username and password is sent in clear text it is just begging to be stolen.

Of course this doesn't happen very often, but it happens enough I would just be cautious is all.

SFTP is FTP over ssh so it is encrypted.

kfawcett · 10-07-2009, 09:44 PM

Another Vote for Filezilla. Works great!

MayaLocke · 10-11-2009, 06:56 PM

I'm a fan of FTP Voyager.

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tlarkin VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 9,943	You should not use FTP because it sends passwords in clear text, and is not secure, especially to a web host. If someone is out to hijack websites they can sit there and sniff packets being sent and if your username and password is sent in clear text it is just begging to be stolen. Of course this doesn't happen very often, but it happens enough I would just be cautious is all. SFTP is FTP over ssh so it is encrypted. __________________ Typical Signature: <Computer Specs> -numbers I read off a box -parts I assembled in a case all by myself -benchmark score "Will the man with telekenesis please raise my hand?" - Vonnegut chown -R us /.base Get a grep!

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