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Are you still using FTP on a regular basis? What is your FTP client of choice?
I have been using FileZilla server and client for some time and find it's a very solid program.
FileZilla stores the passwords in Cleartext, big problem for an otherwise good program
If the hacker already has access to your servers file system outside of the FTP sandbox, your already in trouble, clear text passwords seem like a minor issue.
I still work with an IBM Mainframe and an AS/400 extensively. Since both support FTP several years ago I went looking for an FTP client that understood how to read their file structures. I found BlueZone FTP from BrotherSoft. It works great, for M/F, AS/400 and all other system types. It even has a secure version. The only issue has been they renamed it from BlueZone to SeaGull and back again, as the company was bought out I think. But it is still a wonderful product by any name.
Sorry the company is still SeaGull Software, I think, I just found it at BrotherSoft which is a download site.
I have been told that FTP transmits username and password in clear text. If that is true why should FTP ever be used?
Some of these tools support FTPS (SSL/TLS), SFTP (SSH), HTTPS, and FSP protocols. What controls the choice and which is better?
Some of these tools support FTPS (SSL/TLS), SFTP (SSH), HTTPS, and FSP protocols. What controls the choice and which is better?
We do hundreds of transfers a week and have found SFTP to be the most common secure protocol used and the easiest to support. FTPS and others are more difficult to implement as they can use more ports through the firewall and have more options... implicit versus explicit etc..
I have not used filezilla in a while because I use the secureFX & SecureCRT package from VanDyke software. Yes I have to pay for it & certainly interested in looking into the client mentioned by maj37. What I found really nice about the SecureFX server is having multiple remote ftp windows open at once and being able to transfer files between remote servers without having to use my local laptop.It is a huge timesaver since I work with many different remote servers and often have to transfer files between them.
Yes I agree totally, with its integration with Putty provides a single interface for having both FTP and command line access which is required for many web application deployments, since they also include archiving, database updates, permission changes etc which gives it an edge over the FileZilla usability
Possibly worth mentioning the command-line FTP clients for scripting purposes: I use wget and aria2c
And in fact sometimes its easier to get a command prompt and use these than normal FTP clients. I particularly like aria2c's ability to use multiple connections, and both client's ability to continue/resume downloads.
I just found out that aria2c has a web interface, so maybe it does qualify. Or maybe command line FTP is a subject unto itself.
And in fact sometimes its easier to get a command prompt and use these than normal FTP clients. I particularly like aria2c's ability to use multiple connections, and both client's ability to continue/resume downloads.
I just found out that aria2c has a web interface, so maybe it does qualify. Or maybe command line FTP is a subject unto itself.
Even on Windows I make regular use of aria2c and NcFTP. The latter is more
like a suite with extras similar to wget/aria2c (ncftpget - lots of options) as well as
ncftpput and ncftpls.
There is an old perl (and maybe python) front-end to aria2c but my recent perl
upgrades rendered it inoperative.
like a suite with extras similar to wget/aria2c (ncftpget - lots of options) as well as
ncftpput and ncftpls.
There is an old perl (and maybe python) front-end to aria2c but my recent perl
upgrades rendered it inoperative.
For the price of a cheap thumb drive, I find Transmit a good value, as you get a nice interface that works like a champ, and works very well with my mac mini servers running PureFTPd. But thx for the freebies review...
cyberduck.....
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I always go with FileZilla, any day, any time. And it works as a portable application in fact.
FileZilla the best for me
FileZilla the best for me
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