Tue May 6 16:04:34 PDT 2003 — Tomorrow morning we will be migrating ftp.sonic.net to a pair of new load balanced servers. The new servers support FTP-TLS, which enables encryption of authentication, and eliminates the need to pass passwords in clear-text over the network. There is limited support for FTP-TLS; most common FTP clients support it, although in some cases only the registered or ‘pro’ versions. Sonic offers only one remaining service that requires clear-text passwords; SMTPAUTH, which will be resolved when we enable SMTP-TLS in the near future. We will also be enabling FTP-TLS on ssl.sonic.net. For more information on FTP-TLS please see makeashorterlink.com/?N3D512874 -Kelsey