Week 9: FTP & Athene

Without going into a long bombastic harangue full of technical garb; File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a network protocol used to exchange and manipulate files over a TCP computer network, such as the Internet.


FTP promotes the sharing of files and encourages the use of remote computers to provide website interaction. It also shields the user from variations in file storage systems among hosts. Additionally, it allows efficient and reliable data transfer. Overall FTP simplifies the creation, development and manipulation of websites for a common user.

On the down side it seems that the original FTP had certain security issues with the method of transferring files since there is no method specified for transferring data in an encrypted fashion. This means that under most network configurations, FTP commands and transferred files can be captured by anyone on the same network using network analyzer software. However, there are a number of solutions for this problem now. Secure File Transfer Protocol or SFTP, Transport Layer Security (TLS), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) cryptographic protocols all provide a degree of security that addresses the issue.

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