[c-nsp] Feedback on upcoming removal of FTP access to secured software

[William F. Maton Sotomayor]

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 09:00:01AM -0400, Jason Gurtz wrote:
>> This is a poor decision and should be reconsidered; Cisco should be
>> expanding, not reducing FTP access.  One should be able to login via ftp
>> with their CCO ID/password and download full encryption software.  If
>> business needs dictate, then via FTP over SSL or a similar secure,
>> ftp-like protocol such as sftp (part of ssh).
>
> Full ACK.

+1

> I just did not want to be the first one to rant about Cisco today.

+1, again.

FTP has been indispensible, especially considering how much larger the 
images are getting and FTP's transfer efficiencies over HTTP start to 
show.

wfms