Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: WebDAV

[Aaron Bentley]

Colin Walters wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 09:36, Eric S. Johansson wrote:
>
>
> > before people get their dander up, sftp is only really good for 
> > providing access to people you trust.  There may be ways of creating a 
> > chrooted environment but usually, most security systems are not built 
> > with humans in mind. 
>
>
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=selinux&m=107395821724390&w=2

Yet another instance where security is not simple.  I think "sftp" is a 
misleading name, since ftp doesn't permit remote command execution. 
Absent a secure shell, sftp is less secure in some ways.

Aaron