FTP deprecated

So it seems we're not supposed to use FTP any more.

But the website maker software I use (fogcreek citydesk) can only do FTP.

So what I'm thinking of doing is this: whenever I upload something, I immediately afterwards change the password.

Should that be OK?

Rather than do that, how about trying to use a secure copy mode as suggested here.

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I've also been thinking about getting SftpDrive, which will:

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Map your SSH server as a Windows network drive with SftpDrive. Our SFTP file system network enables all your Windows applications.

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Hey, so DH support SFTP ?

Hm... will check on wiki :)

Dino

Yes, generally, as long as you have SSH access to a Linux server, you will be able to use an SFTP client. I think this is because almost everyone uses OpenSSH, which supports both SSH and SFTP out of the box.

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... publish to a directory on your hard drive and then automatically launch the command line that invokes your upload tool to upload those files

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Ah! Good idea. I never thought of that, thanks!

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Ah! Good idea. I never thought of that, thanks!

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Anytime! Let me know how it works out and of any problems you have.