what does the ftp prompt say when you connect? sometimes that can give it away .. if your concerned about security then change isps. don't expect many isps to support secure file transfers though its not very common for end users to know how to do it so most don't support it.(I run an isp and i WISH i could close off ftp). keep in mind other plaintext protocols such as POP3 and IMAP4 if your using email with either of these your password is just as easily sniffed as it is using ftp.(I offer IMAP4 over SSL to customers but i dont think anyone uses it except me)
if security is *that* important i suggest you change isps, or better yet co-locate a machine somewhere ..or get a good dsl line, or if you cant get dsl move to where you can :) before i get on an isp i always drill their support and administrative staff on technical issues before i even consider using them. ones that don't measure up don't get my business and yes i will pay 2-3x+ more for a isp that is good then dirt cheap or free for one that is bad (should note that i used to work for freeinternet.com ...*cough* ) nate On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Jesse Goerz wrote: jgoerz >I'm trying to contact the sys-admin for my ISP because I don't like the jgoerz >security they use for uploading personal web pages. (They use plain text ftp, jgoerz >which is bad enough, but no, they have to do one better, they don't allow you jgoerz >to even change your username/password so anyone on the network can sniff it and jgoerz >have complete access to your account!) Anyway, I know they run some type of jgoerz >unix and I need to know how to finger or whatever to find out who is running jgoerz >the system. I hoping that they aren't aware of this and that if I point it out jgoerz >a solution will soon follow. jgoerz > jgoerz >Any suggestions, man ?, url source?. jgoerz > jgoerz >Jesse jgoerz > jgoerz > jgoerz > jgoerz > -- jgoerz >Got freedom? jgoerz >http://www.debian.org jgoerz >Got freedom and simplicity? jgoerz >http://www.redmondlinux.org jgoerz > jgoerz > jgoerz >-- jgoerz >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null jgoerz > ::: http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7:44pm up 56 days, 5:02, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.03
