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[John Schinnerer <eco_living@yahoo.com>]

Aloha,

As for security...only technical risk I see is logins going clear text
over unsecured connections.

If/when using a web front end (like PHPMyAdmin), see if ibiblio will
run it secure (via SSL); that will take care of that.

For direct logins and transfers, linux/un*x users can use ssh (secure
shell) and scp (secure copy), usually built in to whatever distro
you're using.

Windoze users can use the PuTTY free telnet/ssh client, which includes
pscp, a command line secure copy client.  It'a available here:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Don't be scared by the beta .52 version designation...I've been using
it regularly for over a year on my Win98 box with no troubles
whatsoever.


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John Schinnerer, MA
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- Eco-Living -
Cultural & Ecological Designing
Food - Shelter - Community
john@eco-living.net
http://eco-living.net

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