But because there are so many Evil Hackers out there nowadays, it's just not wise to do something that could effectively give the keys to your kingdom to an unscrupulous person. FTP has always been an unsecured method of moving files. It's very much like making a credit card purchase over the phone someone *could* be listening in on the conversation. So there is a chance that someone could intercept your login details or snoop inside the file while it's being transferred over the public Internet. ![]() Further, the contents of the files you are transferring are sent unencrypted as well. ![]() ![]() That's because your userid and password are sent in the clear (without any encryption) to the remote server when you log in. The answer is YES - a plain vanilla FTP (file transfer protocol) session is not secure.
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