[ale] Still using plain FTP? Why?

[Jim Lynch]

On 01/19/2015 09:22 AM, JD wrote:
> For folks using plain FTP still, I'd like to know why?
>
> We all know it isn't secure and should have been removed from offers in the
> 1990s (along with telnet).
>
> So, if you are still using plain FTP, why?
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Can you believe that there are still web hosting companies that only 
support ftp access?

Telnet is a useful debugging tool.  I won't use it for remote shell 
access, but for a quick test to see if a port is working on a remote 
system, I will.

Jim.