Security Question

[Scot L. Harris]

On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 17:42, Roger Taranto wrote:
> I've just upgraded to FC2, and I'm trying to figure out who to handle a
> security access situation.  I would like to keep the security on the machine
> pretty high since I use it as a firewall, but I also would like to give
> access to a friend to update a web site hosted on the computer.  She would
> be coming in via FTP (for example, DreamWeaver), but is using a cable
> connection and therefore won't always be tied to the same IP address.
> 
> How do I keep security tight while still allowing her to connect to update
> the web site?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Roger

You don't want to use ftp for this.  Passwords are not encrypted. 
Better to use scp.  That is probably the simplest thing to setup.  There
are some other options but those will require additional setup but you
may want to search those options out.


-- 
Scot L. Harris <webid at cfl.rr.com>