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Any impact on the Linux versions of filezilla?

guessmyname 8y ago
I don't see why, being on Linux, you would prefer to use FileZilla to transfer files to a remote machine over an insecure protocol when there are plenty of alternatives with better security. Rsync, for example, allows you to specify an SSH key. Or SCP, which also offers the same functionality.
- zeth___ 8y ago
  This is a really toxic attitude in the open source community where when asked a question the answer is: "you're doing it wrong, just do it right". If I had a choice I would, but unless you have a few million dollars to give us to refactor 30 years of technical debt, please answer the question.
  - guessmyname 8y ago
    > you're doing it wrong, just do it right That's not how I wrote my comment above, I gave you alternatives. > If I had a choice I would You have choices, many. > unless you have a few million dollars to give us to refactor 30 years of technical debt How is using FileZilla a technical debt? What are you requiring from FileZilla that you need a few million of dollars to refactor code? What kind of code depends on an external FTP client to work? If you give more details about why your company has such a weird technical debt, maybe I or other can give you more options to switch. > please answer the question I did, you asked for alternatives, I gave you Rsync and SCP.
    - nhbgujmk 8y ago
      FileZilla is a program that supports multiple file transfer protocols (ftp and sftp), sftp, allows you to transfer files over the ssh protocol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol
    - abiox 8y ago
      > I did, you asked for alternatives, I gave you Rsync and SCP. afaict, they asked about the impact to the linux build of filezilla (not about alternatives). are rsync and scp strict supersets of filezilla's features?
    - zeth___ 8y ago
      >You have choices, many. Would you like the email of my cto to explain to them why I have those choices? >What kind of code depends on an external FTP client to work? The type that invests your 401k's. Filezilla called from Excel macros. >I did, you asked for alternatives, I gave you Rsync and SCP. I didn't. You just told me I was doing it wrong and need to change it to do it right.
  - michaelmrose 8y ago
    Are you a developer of filezilla?
- skolemtotem 8y ago
  Familiarity and consistency across platforms are two obvious reasons that come to mind. Another is that it's easier for those unfamiliar with a terminal.
  - guessmyname 8y ago
    Most, if not all, Linux distributions allow you to FTP into a remote machine using the file manager. Nautilus, Gnome's file manager, have offered this functionality for several years. > Another is that it's easier for those unfamiliar with a terminal That's a weird thought considering that the parent comment is using Linux.
- mynewtb 8y ago
  Filezilla has a very convenient GUI...
- detaro 8y ago
  Filezilla does not just speak plain FTP, and you don't always get a choice.
- Theodores 8y ago
  Not sure why you are modded down for that comment. It is also ridiculous that people on other platforms do not have a bullet proof file transfer tool baked into the operating system. Even VAX/VMS had better built in file transfer tools than what Windows has today.
nhbgujmk 8y ago
I just scanned the latest version of the client from their homepage at https://filezilla-project.org https://filezilla-project.org and so far doesn't appear to be infected. https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/c08edaa899838d18f3e15b25971bd5f90515ea8aee250380b14d49cb99f6f6c8/detection https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/c08edaa899838d18f3e15b2597...

I don't see why, being on Linux, you would prefer to use FileZilla to transfer files to a remote machine over an insecure protocol when there are plenty of alternatives with better security. Rsync, for example, allows you to specify an SSH key. Or SCP, which also offers the same functionality.

zeth___ 8y ago
This is a really toxic attitude in the open source community where when asked a question the answer is: "you're doing it wrong, just do it right". If I had a choice I would, but unless you have a few million dollars to give us to refactor 30 years of technical debt, please answer the question.
- guessmyname 8y ago
  > you're doing it wrong, just do it right That's not how I wrote my comment above, I gave you alternatives. > If I had a choice I would You have choices, many. > unless you have a few million dollars to give us to refactor 30 years of technical debt How is using FileZilla a technical debt? What are you requiring from FileZilla that you need a few million of dollars to refactor code? What kind of code depends on an external FTP client to work? If you give more details about why your company has such a weird technical debt, maybe I or other can give you more options to switch. > please answer the question I did, you asked for alternatives, I gave you Rsync and SCP.
  - nhbgujmk 8y ago
    FileZilla is a program that supports multiple file transfer protocols (ftp and sftp), sftp, allows you to transfer files over the ssh protocol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol
  - abiox 8y ago
    > I did, you asked for alternatives, I gave you Rsync and SCP. afaict, they asked about the impact to the linux build of filezilla (not about alternatives). are rsync and scp strict supersets of filezilla's features?
  - zeth___ 8y ago
    >You have choices, many. Would you like the email of my cto to explain to them why I have those choices? >What kind of code depends on an external FTP client to work? The type that invests your 401k's. Filezilla called from Excel macros. >I did, you asked for alternatives, I gave you Rsync and SCP. I didn't. You just told me I was doing it wrong and need to change it to do it right.
- michaelmrose 8y ago
  Are you a developer of filezilla?
skolemtotem 8y ago
Familiarity and consistency across platforms are two obvious reasons that come to mind. Another is that it's easier for those unfamiliar with a terminal.
- guessmyname 8y ago
  Most, if not all, Linux distributions allow you to FTP into a remote machine using the file manager. Nautilus, Gnome's file manager, have offered this functionality for several years. > Another is that it's easier for those unfamiliar with a terminal That's a weird thought considering that the parent comment is using Linux.
mynewtb 8y ago
Filezilla has a very convenient GUI...
detaro 8y ago
Filezilla does not just speak plain FTP, and you don't always get a choice.
Theodores 8y ago
Not sure why you are modded down for that comment. It is also ridiculous that people on other platforms do not have a bullet proof file transfer tool baked into the operating system. Even VAX/VMS had better built in file transfer tools than what Windows has today.

nhbgujmk 8y ago

I just scanned the latest version of the client from their homepage at https://filezilla-project.org https://filezilla-project.org and so far doesn't appear to be infected. https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/c08edaa899838d18f3e15b25971bd5f90515ea8aee250380b14d49cb99f6f6c8/detection https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/c08edaa899838d18f3e15b2597...