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Mediacom Online Introduces Secure FTP from Anywhere!

Personal Web Pages @mchsi.com is proud to introduce to our service subscribers the additional ability to publish web pages from anywhere on the Internet via Secure FTP.

Subscribers can now transmit their web pages from anywhere: at home, at work, using a friend's computer, even from AOL! We mean anywhere! Equipped with the proper FTP software, you can publish from anywhere in the world just as if you were connected with Mediacom Online!

Whether you publish and connect from a LAN, or use a friend's DSL connection, or migrate to cable broadband, you can still enjoy the speed improvements available to you from your connection as long as you are an Mediacom Online subscriber!

What is Secure FTP with SSL/TLS?

Secure FTP provides the capability of File Transfer Protocol plus the security of Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) for our service subscribers. Secure FTP with SSL/TLS protects your ID and password from prying eyes when your login information travels through the Internet.

Many Internet subscribers already know about and use SSL as part of their web browser software to login to web sites, conduct on-line purchases, and conduct commerce/banking transactions. Secure FTP with SSL/TLS provides the same mechanism to protect your personal information when you connect to our FTP Server from the Internet, then allows you to access your Personal Web Pages as if you were connected with Mediacom Online!

How do I use Secure FTP?

Use "secureupload.mchsi.com" to connect to Mediacom Online Secure FTP Server from anywhere on the internet. You need Secure FTP software to establish connection with Secure FTP Server from your computer. Click here for information on how to get Secure FTP software.

If you are working from your home or another computer which is connected to Mediacom Online network, you can also use FTP Service.

Why do I have to use Secure FTP software with SSL/TLS support for external access?

Mediacom Online believes in protecting your personal information. When you are connected to Mediacom Online via a direct connection, your FTP login information travel exclusively within our network and does not travel on the Internet, therefore it is safe. However, external FTP access from the Internet means your data may travel through many other computers not under our control, and your data is subjected to sniffing and other spying techniques known to hackers of all kinds.

We take these important steps to safeguard your E-mail ID and password in transit. Remember to safeguard your E-mail ID and password! If you disclose this information to unauthorized persons, they can can read your private E-mail, or make changes to your Mediacom Online account. It is your responsibility to safeguard this information including your e-mail password, like you would to protect your own credit card information!

Read the Terms and conditions added for PWP General Internet Access

Get Secure FTP Software with SSL/TLS support

Here are a few links to third party providers that have Secure FTP Software with SSL/TLS support. Please remember that Mediacom Online neither endorses nor recommends any particular software listed below, but lists them so you may start and find suitable software for your own use.

Remember, this method of access is purely optional! You shall be solely responsible for determining the suitability of any particular Secure FTP software for your system. Mediacom Online will not responsible or liable for problems that arise from use of such third party software that may result from the installation or use of such software on system(s) that you have access to.

• WS_FTP Pro
• CuteFTP Pro
• FTP Voyager
• BlueZone FTP

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