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That's a good way to put it
You are right. SFTP is preferable and essential if you are transferring confidential information. I have connected about a thousand times to my Web site using FTP without my credentials being stolen - or at least to the best of my knowledge. Perhaps I have been lucky?

I have switched to SFTP and my first impression is that it seems slower than plain old FTP.
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Posted by Alan Norton
3rd May 2010