Is there a faster/better way to ftp?

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

>> Ok what would you suggest over FTP?
There are many alternatives to FTP.
SFTP would be the natural one (you "know" SFTP if you "know" FTP, GUI and 
everything), but rsync over SSH is magical. 

I agree that no computer is secure, but in my minimal knowledge, using FTP 
is the equivalent to parking your car and leaving the keys on the ignition 
because "they will take it if they want it" 

Of course they'll take it if they want it, the trick is to challenge them 
and force them to "win it"...  :)
ET 

PS: The fact that I am paranoid doesn't mean that they are not out there to 
get me... 

 


Stephen writes: 

> Ok what would you suggest over FTP? 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 5:20 AM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com
> <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
>> Man, people still using FTP?
>> Are you aware of the FTP vulnerabilities?
>> (OFF the soap box) 
>>
>> What OS and level of access do you have in both machines?
>> As someone already mentioned, rsync does (verifiable) magic...
>> ET 
>>
>>
>> Josef Lowder writes: 
>>
>>> .
>>> I'm going through the painfully slow process of moving all of my web files
>>> from one web host to another by command line 'ftp mget *" download
>>> from the old system to 'ftp mput *" upload to the new web host. 
>>>
>>> Is there a better/faster way to do this? 
>>>
>>> Is there some way to do entire directories and subdirectories with a
>>> single command rather than having to do each subdirectory separately?
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