Re: [tlug] Backup sites with FTP access

[Edward Middleton <edward.middleton@example.com>]

On 11/30/2010 01:10 PM, Dave M G wrote:
> Couple of notes: Yes, I know FTP is not secure. It's okay, the tar files
> are encrypted, and nothing that critical is being moved. The advantage
> to FTP was the ease of implementation and it's wide spread use (or so I
> thought).

You should be worried about someone sniffing your ftp password and 
hacking your ftp server.  FTP is only commonly used for anonymous download.

Edward