RE: ftpd-ssl
> I don't know of a single native Windows or Mac ftp client
> that supports it. For that matter, the last time I checked
> support in the UNIX world wasn't that great either. Most of
> my ftp is through wget or ncftp (in both Linux and Windows)
> and I don't think either one supports ssl-ftp.
I had no problems finding a freeware windows client.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla
>
> I think it's partly a chicken-and-egg problem. Why use it
> when almost no software supports it and almost no sites use
> it? Why enable it on your site when almost nobody uses it and
> almost no clients support it? Why add it to your client when
> nobody uses it and most people don't even understand why they
> might want to? I suspect that most people/sites who are
> concerned about security use ssh/scp/sftp instead.
>
> There's also an SSL-enabled telnet, which almost nobody uses
> for the same reason.
well, really it was just for me to use, but I can see the point you're
making.
most of my friends use sshd with a suitable client (windows putty), I have
never used telnet.
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