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Jagrut_Patil_10
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Aug 30, 2018

our vulnerability scanner reported an issue with FTP VIP as below, not sure what exactly it is. can some one elaborate on below. Thanks !

our vulnerability scanner reported an issue with FTP VIP as below, not sure what exactly it is. can some one elaborate on below. Thanks ! ..."Remote Management Service Accepting Unencrypted Credentials Detected"

 

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  • PeteWhite's avatar
    PeteWhite
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    Aug 30, 2018

    Presumably it is saying that the FTP service is allowing unencrypted credentials to be used for the FTP service. That's what FTP does - it is insecure. Either bin FTP and replace it with SFTP or accept the risk.