ITworld.com – Often referred to as a “chroot jail” or a “padded cell” because users cannot escape from the directories into which they are put when they log in, the basic concept of a “chroot” (change ...

What is anonymous FTP (File Transfer Protocol)? Anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a method that lets users access public files from a remote server or archive site without requiring them to ...

Editor's Note: Adam Bertram originally wrote this article and Brien Posey has expanded it. Transferring files via FTP is one of those tasks every sysadmin has done at least once in their career. FTP ...

FTP servers are a common way of sharing files between individuals with or without authentication. FTP is superior to HTTP (web) if the goal is to transfer files, not display information. Since HTTP ...

FTP isn’t exactly cutting-edge technology. These days, if you control both ends of a connection, you’re probably using scp, SFTP, rsync, or something even fancier. But FTP refuses to die, especially ...

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is one of the most commonly used protocols for transferring files between hosts on the Internet. In addition to file transfers, FTP can append, rename, and delete files ...

There are numerous ways to transfer files these days, the oldest and still very widely used method is FTP. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and was defined as early as 1971 in the very early days ...

This memo is the official specification of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Distribution of this memo is unlimited. The following new optional commands are included in this edition of the ...

why is FTP so SOOOO much faster? Its easily 3x faster on my home network to copy via FTP. I know there is less overhead but is it that much less? Is there any way to improve windows file copy speeds ...

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 ...

Anyone know if the FTP protocol spec has a threshold for file name lengths? I have a few OS X based FTP clients who will be transfersing files with 50+ chars in their file names via FTP to each other.

If you’ve ever moved a file from your computer to a website, you may have come across FTP without realizing it. FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, has been around for more than 50 years, making it one of ...