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Although FTP is incredibly useful and simple to use it is not without its critics.
File contents and passwords and are sent in plain text format, which therefore could be intercepted by eavesdroppers or ‘sniffers’ as they are technically known. There are now protocol enhancements that get round this, for instance by using SSL (Secure Sockets [...]