On 10/04/2015 10:13, Doug Royer wrote:
> On 04/09/2015 01:28 PM, John Levine wrote (in part):
>> ...
>> If we are going to continue to support FTP, it would be reasonable to use a server that can do FTP over TLS, since it that is
>> something actually defined in RFCs and implemented in clients. R's, John
>
> Why would anyone care if public documents are transfered encrypted?
>
> When this tread started, I switched to rsync in case FTP went away. I had no issues.
> rsync is not secure. You can run it through TLS, but again - why?
If you don't want your government to know that you're taking an unhealthy
interest in Avian Carriers, you might prefer to fetch the RFCs over an
encrypted connection.
Brian