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User Forks FileZilla FTP Client After Getting Hacked (filezillasecure.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the transfer-complete dept.

Slashdot reader Entropy98 writes: A frustrated FileZilla user took matters into his own hands after getting hacked due to the fact that his saved passwords were being saved in plain text files. Despite years of numerous requests over almost 10 years the FileZilla devs refused to add a Master Password option to encrypt the stored passwords. Finally fed up one user forked FileZilla and created FileZilla Secure with the Master Password option.

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  1. Re:Not "Secure" by Dwedit · · Score: 5, Informative

    Filezilla is a client for FTP, SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol), and FTP over TLS. Only one of those three uses cleartext passwords over the network.

  2. Re:This stuff drives me nuts by BenFranske · · Score: 4, Informative

    Filezilla also supports SFTP and FTPS though and is probably the best Windows client for those protocols so it's used for a lot more than just FTP. In fact, I would venture to guess that Filezilla FTP use is pretty minimal.