Starting with gnupg

Faramir faramir.cl at gmail.com
Mon Aug 4 06:19:28 CEST 2008


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John W. Moore III escribió:
> Faramir wrote:
> 
>>   If he is using ftp to upload the files... standard ftp sends username
>> and password unencrypted... so it could be sniffed...
> 
> So?  The UID and PW to access the FTP Server is not [or shouldn't be]
> the same as that used for the Secret Key.  :-\  Traffic Analysis will
> show that Someone Uploaded and Encrypted File to a Server; this in no
> way, shape nor form compromises the Encrypted File.

> You're talking about Apples & Corn here.

  I thought the question was about why an ftp site is "unsafe" to store
files... if somebody gets the user and password, that somebody can
download the file... but I was not talking about what can somebody do
with an encrypted stolen file... so my intention was to talk just about
apples, or about corn, but not both at the same time ;)

  Best Regards
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