Re: Filezilla a security risk
On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:36:16 +0100, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote:
> 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? >;-)
> My root credentials for my local machine aren't stored in plaintext.
I did not mean that. I mean login to your FTP server as "root" (and not
as plain user) which is different thing and of course should be avoided.
> And if the local machine is compromised, the critical threat is its use
> as a zombie, not any info that's on it.
You sure? Being a zombie could be even funny, sending spam and infected e-
mails to windows users, kinda "justice and divine revenge", he, he... :-)
> There simply isn't any confidential data.
Lucky you that don't have to worry for that.
> Sent from my iPhone
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I hope you also care for the data stored in your cell phone >:-)
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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