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Article:		Freeware Gems for Mac OS X
Subject:		Fugu doesn't do plain FTP
Date:		2003-04-27 11:51:30
From:		anonymous2
Fugu is a great SFTP client but the last I checked, it does not do plain old FTP. So if your hosting provider doesn't support SSH/SFTP (like mine!), you're out of luck.

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• Fugu shouldn't do plain FTP
  2003-05-02 09:19:12  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  Fugu *shouldn't* do plain old FTP, because FTP sends your password in clear text for anyone to capture and potentially use in malicious ways.
  
  I love the fact that Fugu doesn't support the unsecure FTP protocol. That way I never have to worry whether it's connecting via FTP instead of SFTP, which is a concern I've had with a number of other clients.
  
  If your hosting provider doesn't support SSH/SFTP, then you really should consider finding another hosting provider that does (and there are many). Or convince your existing provider to get with the program and support SSH/SFTP.