SmartFTP 1.0.969
Posted by configure on 02 August 2002 - 09:42 · 11 comments & 786 views
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#1 Posted by Dark Vageta on 02 Aug 2002 - 11:01
- cool i use this thx
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#2 Posted by teka on 02 Aug 2002 - 11:58
- Yep, this is my new FTP client.. I love it
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#3 Posted by thancock on 02 Aug 2002 - 12:56
- WOW, I've been using and loving the previous version (1.0.96
and this is update is AWSOME! 
Other FTP programs are nothing comparded to this... I love FREEWARE! 
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#4 Posted by kuruptnation on 02 Aug 2002 - 16:35
- YAY! Ive been using this program from the start. They have always been my most fav one. Better then the other stuff.
Thanks I didnt know they updated yet
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#5 Posted by CaiGua on 03 Aug 2002 - 03:36
- Pity it doesn't successfully support unicode characters, hehe
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#6 Posted by darkstar559 on 03 Aug 2002 - 07:05
- dont forget to turn flat look off in xp
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#7 Posted by DarkRyu on 03 Aug 2002 - 13:47
- I still think FlashFXP is easier to use, though this program surely crushes a more similar FTP app, CuteFTP Pro.
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#8 Posted by zionath on 03 Aug 2002 - 18:09
- heh this is THEEE BEST!
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#9 Posted by Xci7e on 06 Aug 2002 - 16:53
- Thx i will test it later
atm i use FlashFXP2.0 ever used FlashFXP since i leech and upload from and to FTPs
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#10 Posted by aalaap on 07 Aug 2002 - 09:57
- This has a very non-standard implementation of the site managers that all clients have. You have to type into the url box like you do in your browser, and it opens the ftp site, and automatically gets added to the History list. This history list is the only thing you have that closely resembles a site manager. For most active users, a history list is not a place that we would want to trust permanent settings to. Imagine if your Internet Explorer had no favorites, but just drop down list of the sites you've visited so far. Get my point? Other than that, this is a wonderful, feature-packed FTP client for its price - free! However, I do wish the developers try and put the same amount of effort into the installation system, as they put into making the actual app itself. The normal download for this client is a 72kb web setup. Run this setup, and it downloads a 300k MSI package. This starts Windows installer, and that in turn again starts downloading a 1mb cab, which is the actual app. What the hell? Can't they just let people download 1mb off their site? They have a "full download" option on the website. Let's see what that is. A whopping 5.2mb installer. No, it doesn't come with useless dlls and ocxs that slow down the app and the system, it just comes packaged as an MSI archive, and also bundles two versions MSI - one for 9xMe and one for 2KXp. Talk about redundance. The actual app is just a little under 1 meg compressed, it the MSI runtimes that take up all the rest of the 4mb. They have a "manual download" area where you can browse and download the latest cab file and uncab it into a folder in your program files and make shortcuts in your start menu and use it. URRGGGH. EXACTLY MY POINT! The authors could use freeware installers like InnoSetup (jrsoftware.org) or NSIS (my favorite), to get the installer size down to about 1mb. And save our sanity. Since FTP is a tool revered primarily by advanced users, people sound enough to be able to download cabs and know what to do with them, this is a great tool. Just get the cab, and set it up yourself. You'll love it.
Hackers working in good faith
Hackers commonly share their findings with others in their community through e-mail lists or Web sites. But how much they should disclose is a running debate among computer security professionals. Some argue that full disclosure is best; others say a hacker should only warn that a problem exists without showing how to take advantage of it.
Clarke said hackers should not help criminals by showing how to exploit a programming bug before the software maker has a chance to fix the problem by issuing a patch, or fix.
"It's irresponsible and sometimes extremely damaging to release information before the patch is out," Clarke said.
Companies differ in their response to independent researchers. While some encourage or even reward bug-hunters, others are more concerned about the possibility of extortion or embarrassment to the company. In some instances, they seek civil or criminal charges against the hacker.
Clarke said that situation is "very disappointing," as long as the hacker acts in good faith.
"If there are legal protections they don't have that they need, we need to look at that," he said.
Black Hat, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Microsoft and other companies, consists of two days of presentations showing how to both break into and protect computer networks.
Other government employees were scheduled to speak, including a National Security Agency official. The Justice Department promised to update how new anti-terrorism laws affect computer security investigations.
Cyberspace protection
Clarke offered a more detailed preview of the nation's plan to protect cyberspace, which his office is coordinating with the help of industry and computer experts. That plan, which Clarke called a "living document," will be released in September.
Clarke warned about vulnerabilities in cheap and simple wireless networks, which are becoming popular in businesses and homes. Most wireless networking products are extremely easy to break into -- even from a person in a car driving by several hundred yards away. They are sold with almost no security options enabled.
Clarke said it is a failure of technology makers to sell the networks without sufficient protection and a failure of government to let it happen.
"Until we have a better, proven track record with the wireless (networks), we all should shut them off until the technology gets better," Clarke said.
The conference organizers did not take Clarke's advice, however. The Las Vegas hotel had a wireless network for the benefit of attendees, but its poor security prompted the hotel to make the network free so that laptop-armed hackers at the conference would not be tempted to seek out credit card numbers passed over the airwaves.
The Defense Department said this week it is finalizing new restrictions on the use of wireless devices.
Clarke urged software companies to develop products with security in mind. He said he was outraged that telephone and cable companies provide high-speed Internet access to home users but do not also provide easy-to-use security software.
"Millions of households are getting connected and therefore getting vulnerable" to online crime, Clarke said. "It's a bit like selling a car today without a seat belt."