Re: SSH Question

Les Bell wrote:
> Actually, you can tunnel all kinds of things through SSH as well, with its
> port forwarding capabilities. However, FTP is a special case - the control
> connection (to port 21) uses one connection, but the data connection -
> opened in the reverse direction unless in passive mode - originates from
> port 20 and is a second connection which requires special handling.

*blink*  *scratch head*  Why do you need to encrypt the data channel at
all?

Unless, of course, you're trying to FTP sensitive data...

-kgd
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