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Re: Filezilla a security risk



My root credentials for my local machine aren't stored in plaintext. And if the local machine is compromised, the critical threat is its use as a zombie, not any info that's on it. There simply isn't any confidential data. 

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On Jun 29, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:00:33 -0700, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
> 
>> On 6/29/12 6:56 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>>> Should my Debian system becomes cracked or infected by any kind of
>>> treat I would worry more about my usual files and not the settings for
>>> Filezilla. I mean, nothing new here, security is a "multi-edged" sword.
>> 
>> 
>> Really? I'm far more concerned about my credentials for foreign sites
>> than I am for any other information I store locally.
> 
> Yes, really.
> 
> The information I can store in my systems are by far more important than 
> the passwords for my FTP sites. In the end, it only affects the FTP 
> credentials, nor databases, nor root accounts... because you aren't login 
> as root for your FTP sessions, right? >;-)
> 
> Greetings,
> 
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> Camaleón
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