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Now that I am on my command-line kick these days, I wanted to show you how to take advantage of a free command-line FTP utility that comes packaged with Windows Vista. Why pay money for some software when you can take advantage of software you already paid for. There is no glamour and glitz or eye candy here-just straight-up hard knocks command line.
Let's begin by choosing the Start orb and typing cmd in the Instant Search field as shown.
How do I... Use the Windows Vista FTP command line utility?
by Steven "Warren MCSE, MCDBA" | November 19, 2007, 11:31am PST | Image 1 of 11
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ftp is completely unsecure!
Note that you should never use the FTP protocol simply because it sends your password in plain text. It does not matter if you would use it from command line or GUI client. Simply do not use it at all (if you care for your password of course).
There are other protocols and tools allowing for safe connections to remote servers (scp with winscp being an example).
And by the way: command line ftp tool isn't new nor is it specific to Vista or any Windows system. FTP is one of the oldest net protocols
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There are other protocols and tools allowing for safe connections to remote servers (scp with winscp being an example).
And by the way: command line ftp tool isn't new nor is it specific to Vista or any Windows system. FTP is one of the oldest net protocols
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