In current times if you want to transfer a file to a friend, you can just attach it in an email and send it off. With high speed bandwidth being so cheap and plentiful to the home user, transferring a ...

Fig. 1: FileZilla is a popular free FTP client. Back in 2011, I wrote about setting up a Secure Shell (SSH) server. This supports secure file transfers and it’s easy to set up. Read “Let’s Build an ...

What is FTP Protocol? FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is, as its name indicates, a protocol for transferring files. The implementation of FTP dates from 1971, when a file transfer system (described in ...

File Transfer Protocol is an older networking protocol for transferring files to network servers. Here's how to use it on your Mac. We previously covered the Terminal-based SCP protocol, which allows ...

Get a basic review of how to install VSFTP, add users, and use the tool in stand-alone mode or inetd/xinetd mode. File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers can be useful for providing files to customers ...

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) servers are often used to host websites. You'll likely need to transfer files from your computer to the server when you create a website. This is where FTP comes in handy.

Few things can be as frustrating for computer users as trying to send a large file to a client. Sales has been working day and night putting together a response to a complex RFP for a major contract ...

One of the oldest still-working protocols on the Internet is FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Designed in the net’s earliest days, FTP never concerned itself with security. Later standards addressed this ...

Hypertext transfer protocol, or HTTP, and file transfer protocol, known as FTP, are two methods that allow you to upload or download files and pages from the Internet. The two have overlapping ...