In article <3B221D54-BA31-4A83-8334-E31D145AFEC6@shagadelic.org>,
Jason Thorpe  <thorpej@shagadelic.org> wrote:
>
>On Jun 14, 2005, at 8:15 PM, James K. Lowden wrote:
>
>> I don't understand why sshd isn't just a better inetd.  IOW, why  
>> can't it
>> accept a connection, authenticate the user, and hand it off to the  
>> next
>> layer?  Why can't ftp & fptd be taught to speak ssh, instead of  
>> replacing
>> them with new, feature-poor versions?  Do all things secure have to  
>> taste
>> like unsalted oatmeal?
>
>How about teach our ftp and ftpd to speak SSL/TLS instead.
>

That would be really nice.

christos