Re: PHP FTP a security risk?????

On Wednesday 12 February 2003 14:02, Chris Wesley wrote: > Why? What's a better argument? It's certainly just a piece of a much > larger argument, but avoiding a full-fledged lecture outside the immediate > context of the original question (and trying to keep it related to PHP > somehow) makes it brief. > > > So they allow incoming FTP (presumably that's what people use to upload > > their site) but disallow outgoing FTP because someone might sniff the > > username/password? Does it make sense? OK, in keeping with the original question, again, why would they allow incoming FTP but disallow outgoing FTP? What is the incremental risk? -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* QOTD: "Everything I am today I owe to people, whom it is now to late to punish." */