Why You Shouldn’t Write Your Own Encryption Algorithm

If you’re writing a network server like I am with ZitaFTP, then you may be tempted to create a custom encryption algorithm to store some data. Your reasoning would be: it’ll be secure because I’m the only person who knows the algorithm. Good old “security through obscurity.”Click here to watch the video on Odysee.I’m here […]

Sniffing/Stealing FTP Passwords; Or, Why You Should Use FTPS instead of Plain FTP

By Hans de Ruiter / 2019-09-17 / General, Software Development

I created ZitaFTP Server in part because I wanted secure file transfer on AmigaOS (something that wasn’t available previously). Some seem to think that plain FTP is good enough, so today I’m going to show you just how easy it is to steal passwords from plain FTP. This is something you need to be aware […]