Have you heard that Firefox is planning to drop support for the vulnerable file transfer protocol in version 77 of the web browser? . Heads up, Firefox users who rely on FTP: the browser is eliminating support for this venerable protocol. First written in 1971, the file transfer protocol predates TCP/IP, the protocol stack that underpins the modern internet. In its original form, the protocol is insecure. For example, it transmits login credentials in plain text. In 1999, the IETF published a draft RFC listing its various shortcomings. These included everything from problems in the way it responded to invalid login attempts through to an inability to segment file permissions when using anonymous FTP (which doesn’t require user credentials at all). Now, Mozilla is planning to turn off FTP by default in version 77 of Firefox, which will ship this June . Users will be able to turn it on again temporarily so that they can carry on using FTP from within the browser. Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) will continue to have FTP turned on by default in ESR version 78 . The link for this article located at Naked Security is no longer available. . Attention, Firefox enthusiasts who depend on FTP: the browser is removing backing for this long-standing protocol.. Firefox Support, FTP Protocol, Security Updates, Mozilla Browser, Deprecated Features. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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