| ftp is the name of a specific and insecure protocol. SSH distributions include sftp and scp, which work like ftp and rcp, but are secured using encryption. An alternative might be to use an encryption method on the documents themselves, such as PGP / GPG, so that if a user downloads a file to his PC in a secure way, then transfers it in an insecure way (email), the security would be maintained. Or do both. Also note that sftp and scp generally require a unix account on the server for the user who is connecting, obviously "anonymous" connection aren't secure :) |
