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Re: FTP/S and SFTP

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 2:05 AM, Scott Klement
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't really understand the "change password every 60 days" comment.
Why would you have to change your password every 60 days using SFTP
(which you'd typically run password-free using digital keys) but not
with FTP-SSL (which would normally require a password to be put into a
script where someone could potentially view it)? Seems backward to me.

Well, he probably meant using client-side certificates with FTPS.

Still, this seems backward to me. SSH/SCP with Public Key
authentication will cause you less hassles over time than using FTPS.
I have no idea why they insist on using password authentication with
SSH.


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