FTP (File Transfer Protocol) servers are often used to host websites. You'll likely need to transfer files from your computer to the server when you create a website. This is where FTP comes in handy.

In computing terms FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, and as the name suggests it's a standard for transferring files over the Internet. This standard works like a digital language, enabling a ...

Until now, we have taken a look at how to set up an FTP Server and how to configure it to be accessed from an external network via the Internet. But to make the most out of it, reading and writing ...

The UI of this tool is what makes it popular and easy to use. If you click open FileZilla, you will notice a pretty neat UI divided into various rectangles or sections. Starting from top to bottom, ...

I run an FTP server on my machine from time to time to transfer files from my computer to a home computer or to friends. I used to have a permenant IP address when I lived in the dorms. I now live in ...

Fig. 1: FileZilla is a popular free FTP client. Back in 2011, I wrote about setting up a Secure Shell (SSH) server. This supports secure file transfers and it’s easy to set up. Read “Let’s Build an ...

I have a couple of computer's at home that share internet access through a Linksys 4-port router. I'm a little confused about the IP address to give the FTP computer. It has it's local IP that I gave ...

A free Windows-compatible open source software that can automatically synchronize the specific folder of a personal computer at home and the contents of a specific folder of another computer at the ...

@36281 With file transfer limited via email, employees often have to find unique ways to transfer large files such as audio, video and photos, raising security issues among some IT Pros. For Columbus, ...

A short-lived email campaign distributing a variant of the Dridex banking Trojan indicates that cyber criminals are using compromised FTP sites to download malicious documents. Using FTP sites instead ...

When it comes to smartphones, you're more likely to think of standards such as wifi, Bluetooth, and NFC (Near Field Communication) before the old FTP (File Transfer Protocol) technology comes to mind.