Secure FTP

[TJ_Tigger]

Does the FTP plugin support Secure FTP. We have a product that is running linux but only supports Secure FTP as a server on the box. Does the FTP plugin support Secure FTP?

Tigg

Secure FTP 101

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Laura Taylor
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Network engineers and systems administrators have been using FTP to send files back and forth to and from remote systems since the early days of the Internet. FTP stands for file transfer protocol, and the FTP program is part of every reputable TCP/IP stack. Though we've all grown used to using FTP for the bulk of our file transfer needs, using it securely is becoming more important today than ever before. Here's a primer on secure FTP that will help you understand it's practical application.

Technology Background
Keeping the files on your intranet in top working order and keeping your e-business alive seems to require moving files around endlessly to keep things organized. System and network administrators use FTP to update DNS zone maps, update web sites, transfer user data, move around database files, and endless other chores to keep filesystems and hard drives tidy. Moving files from here to there is the heartbeat of the Internet. The nice thing about FTP is that it allows you to move files easily between systems that use similar or different operating systems, file structures, and character sets.

FTP has been defined and redefined numerous times by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in a series of standards documents known as RFCs. (RFC stands for Request for Comments). Today, RFC 959 by Postel and Reynolds, 1985, is the official standard for FTP. You can read this RFC in its entirety on the IETF website at http://www.ietf.org.

[Brett]

It does not support secure FTP right now, but that is something that we will look into for the future.

[Intrigued]

My duties include helping to maintain various flavors of Linux, Windows servers and this would be a nice feature to have built into the FTP plugin! Nothing like extending to other areas my shop projects without the extra workaround!

[Canter]

I really need to access a server via secure FTP, and the existing FTP plugin will login, but cannot upload. Is there an AMS solution, either present or in the works?

Thanks.
L Canter

[Ulrich]

I posted a plugin for secure FTP with TLS/SSL (FTPS) here which might interest you.

Ulrich