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11. How to say "FTP"

Tue Feb 18, 2025, 10:51 PM

Feb 18

When you think of FTP, think "no, just no. Do not ever use except on your local LAN"

FTP dates from the earliest days of the Arpanet/Internet. User names and passwords are sent in the clear .. i.e. anyone doing a packet trace will trivially see your login info.

FTP is fine for *anonymous* file fetches. Other than that, don't use it. The fact that your hosting service supports it is not in their favor.

Use a real network-file system protocol (SMB) vs. FTP which was designed before file-sharing protocols.

Btw if you're looking for a better hosting service, I've been happy with linode.com. There's a $5/month plan that gives a full virtual linux box that you can setup with any software you want to install.

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Really Microsoft? This is the best you can do with FTP servers in Windows? [View all] Hokie Feb 17 OP

It has been awhile but I used have a desktop PC setup as a server running Debian Linux. CentralMass Feb 17 #1

Samba works Hokie Feb 17 #4

It's the ftp protocol causing your problem justaprogressive Feb 17 #2

I don't see data communication in settings Hokie Feb 17 #3

How to transfer files from Linux to Windows: The SMB network file-sharing protocol CentralMass Feb 17 #5

I cannot use Samba in this case Hokie Feb 18 #6

Does it allow SFTP (over SSH) or is that not helpful ? CentralMass Feb 18 #7

Yes, they do allow that Hokie Feb 18 #9

You could try that or SCP. I think I used SCP the last time I was doing file transfers on a Raspberry Pi. CentralMass Feb 18 #10

SCP is what I was thinking of. CentralMass Feb 18 #8

How to say "FTP" CloudWatcher Feb 18 #11