[wplug] Anonymous FTP and hidden files (security problem?)

[Mike Griffin]

tftp can also be run straight from the command line.

Mike

On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 11:25  AM, Mark Dalrymple wrote:

>>  Tftp - aka Anonymous FTP
>
> Really?  I thought TFTP was the 'trivial file transfer protocol' used
> for netbooting and flashing routers (you know who you are).  Anonymous
> FTP is just plain old regular FTP, but with laxer permissions.
>
> Maybe the windows world has hijacked the term tftp and confused it
> with anonymous ftp.
>
> ++Mark Dalrymple, markd at badgertronics.com.  http://badgertronics.com
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