sftp

[Ann Vole]

this is a simple yes/no question: does comicgenesis servers support sftp?

The reason for asking is to do what I want (make and post comics via a cel phone with a unique linux-based OS) I need to do a bunch of work to get a client working and I would prefer to use the new sftp protocol instead of the old ftp protocol but if sftp is not yet supported, I will stick to trying to get an ftp client working.

[Kisai]

this is a simple yes/no question: does comicgenesis servers support sftp?

The reason for asking is to do what I want (make and post comics via a cel phone with a unique linux-based OS) I need to do a bunch of work to get a client working and I would prefer to use the new sftp protocol instead of the old ftp protocol but if sftp is not yet supported, I will stick to trying to get an ftp client working.

It's "won't" instead of "not yet." In theory it can be enabled, but because it's assumed that SFTP uses the same port SSH uses, it would be constantly under attack by dictionary attacks, and since SFTP uses more CPU to process, it would cripple the ftp system periodically. SFTP should only be used when you're the only user of a system, and usually has no benefit over FTP for CPU utilization cost. There's also zero demand for SFTP. SFTP would have to run on another port anyway, adding two extra complex things to explain to users.

That said, you can use the comic upload process in the siteadmin via HTTPS if you don't want to send the password in the clear.