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Aragorn · 03-11-2006, 16:34

Any open ftp servers are a honeypot for hackers and bots.
Ftp is easy to break into (passwords are sent in clear text, unless using sftp) and I would suggest that all your files are available to the world. If you have any write enabled accounts on that server, the disk probably does/will have all sorts of pron, malware etc downloaded to it.

03-11-2006, 16:34	#2
Aragorn Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minas Tirith, Gondor Age: 60 Posts: 3,458	Re: Blocking incoming ips on router ports Any open ftp servers are a honeypot for hackers and bots. Ftp is easy to break into (passwords are sent in clear text, unless using sftp) and I would suggest that all your files are available to the world. If you have any write enabled accounts on that server, the disk probably does/will have all sorts of pron, malware etc downloaded to it.