RE: Attention all IBM i shops. You may not be aware of it, but FTP is changing to FTPS/SFTP (secure) before the end of June or in early July 2021.

Just like IBM won't support older cyphers anymore, nor SMB1 the old standard FTP will go away as some point too.

Makes me miss SNA and it's vastly superior security, albeit with somewhat more difficult configurations...

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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 9:28 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Attention all IBM i shops. You may not be aware of it, but FTP is changing to FTPS/SFTP (secure) before the end of June or in early July 2021.

God forbid they would actually forbid FTP on the IBM i.

*All* customer orders are retrieved, by our IBM i, from our ordering website via FTP. This is a 24x7 process.


On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 10:19 AM Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L < midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 8:14 AM <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What's to protect with a bunch
of binary downloads that can't be used unless you have a copy of IBM
i available, and anonymous log in?

MITM interception and alteration resulting in trojanized binaries
running at LIC level .. who could POSSIBLY be concerned about that?!
😀😀😀

The interesting question is not why IBM is switching to encrypted delivery.
The interesting question is why IBM i shops weren't screaming for this
15 years ago.

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