Which extensions are available to upload data?

[James]

No, you can't. Whatever you do to the FTP password, it still has to be transmitted plaintext to the FTP server.

Since you have two topics going on here, in response to the other one: an alternative to using PHP would be to run a Lacewing server on the server computer, which uses server messages for saving/listing scores.

[BackStaged]

He can but in this way, and it is only ClientSide:

1) Encrypt your password without sent it to the FTP server.
2) When you want use the password, uncrypt it and send it to the FTP server.

You can use some extensions for crypt/uncrypt strings.

[James]

But then the user can just launch wireshark and read the password in plain text when it's sent to the FTP server?

[BackStaged]

Yes, but for some users this kind of software are useless, then not used.

But, just as it, i said ClientSide only, i must say : StupidClientSide only (lol), or: VisualSide only

[therickman]

But then the user can just launch wireshark and read the password in plain text when it's sent to the FTP server?

Hi Jamie this looks scary !

I'm relaunching this thread because I need to do the following :

in my ( ongoing ) educational app , the teacher builds a test , the settings of which are stored in an INI file. The I want to let them deploy this test to their students. so I wanted to :
upload the ini file to a directory on my server when the teacher is done building it.
When the student launches the "test taker" app , it retrieves the ini file ( via the download object ? ) and launches the test. So the student can launch the test from virtually anywhere.

PROBLEM : the uploading part. Can I create a restricted FTP access to a directory ( and its subdirectories ) so the other directories on my server would not be tampered with ?
I could provide the teachers with a password to access this particular directory.

I'll check with my web host ( 1and1) though they rarel yanswer any question , I'll have to do some research.

Thanks for reading ,
eric