From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: library/binding for sftp? Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 11:49:18 +0200 Organization: cbb software GmbH Message-ID: <1nfcrgjw8vkrb.1aukq12ys882l$.dlg@40tude.net> References: <85li4gmhrt.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <2wgl8bcmdsu0$.1rs1604fzwufv.dlg@40tude.net> <85vc3jfias.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <1gwg87tgm2bo7$.ae7440ka6kmc.dlg@40tude.net> <85bo59g6h7.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <5987935c-dbce-4602-b0e6-2bb85513588b@googlegroups.com> <9oo34px7j5ko$.1j7bcnxwzgcxe.dlg@40tude.net> <20130808111404.5fc6ce14@hactar.xn--rombobjrn-67a.se> Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de NNTP-Posting-Host: NRdsZItxz1JhTQIIiXfHKg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16703 Date: 2013-08-08T11:49:18+02:00 List-Id: On Thu, 8 Aug 2013 11:14:04 +0200, Björn Persson wrote: > It will certainly not be hard for spies to get the sensitive data out > of a simple but undocumented file transfer protocol, even if there are > some protocol details that they haven't quite figured out. Firstly, there is no protection against targeted attack. Secondly, regarding spies, they aren't any good in programming. Obscuring is the best method against unfocused surveillance which works only with known protocols. -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de