Comments on How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On Fedora 18

FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to configure PureFTPd to accept TLS sessions on a Fedora 18 server.

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By: Anonymous

SSL/TLS has it's own problems. Why not use SSH? I guess that it is nice that there is an alternative, but I just don't see the point or the advantage.