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thank you again.

I discover this option recently and it seems good.

However I had to delete few passwords in the GlobalSettings.xml file, recorded I suppose before I use the option.

Hi Zenju and thank for your answer

Ok for the man looking over my shoulder
But what about the man accessing my computer ?
As said "Therube", this password is stored in base64 locally (in the ffs_gui file).

It's a security hole.

Can you think about a solution protecting acces to the ffs_gui ...

As you proved, it is easy to decipher base64. So what's the interest to use it ?

From my point of view I DO NOT see why. And this is the reason why I ask a developper.
I hope the developper who write this code knows why... and agrees to tell me :)

Hi,

As I use remote NAS with SFTP server to bachup my datas, I note the password is base64 encoded in the FFS cloud command :
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I’m worried about this behavior.

Aren’t the SFTP commands not already encrypted by FreeFileSync before before being sent through the internet ?

I guess only an ...