FTP:File Transfer Protocal

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  Kaustubh Katdare

  There are numerous articles available on the Internet about FTP. In simple terms, its a protocol used for file transfers [thus the name, File Transfer Protocol].
  
  Its typically used for file transfers between the server & the client.
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  Mahesh Dahale

  FTP(File Transfer Protocol)
  
  The protocol for exchanging files over the Internet.
  FTP works in the same way as HTTP for transferring Web pages from a server to a user's browser
  SMTP for transferring electronic mail across the Internet in that, like these technologies
  FTP uses the Internet's TCP/IP protocols to enable data transfer.
  
  FTP is most commonly used to download a file from a server using the Internet or to upload a file to a server.
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  Manish Goyal

  FTP is mainly required to transfer files from one location to another
  it is service provided by windows
  You can easily use this service
  by typing
  cmd in run
  then ftp
  ...
  for further commands follow net
  and i Think this mainly provided to avoid restrictions on mail service provided by websites
  ie they have some limitation on file size
  but ftp has not
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  Gurjeet Singh

  goyal420

  FTP is mainly required to transfer files from one location to another
  it is service provided by windows
  You can easily use this service
  by typing
  cmd in run
  then ftp
  ...
  for further commands follow net
  and i Think this mainly provided to avoid restrictions on mail service provided by websites
  ie they have some limitation on file size
  but ftp has not

  i am using the fireftp inbulit addon in firefox and when i used to open it the site it open some sites and some not.some sites open automatically but some require passwords. as i know user id is anonymous ,and password is your email address .so is their specific reason to use email address as password.and how its good and secure to use ftp sites.
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  vik001ind

  cooldudeiet

  i am using the fireftp inbulit addon in firefox and when i used to open it the site it open some sites and some not.some sites open automatically but some require passwords. as i know user id is anonymous ,and password is your email address .so is their specific reason to use email address as password.and how its good and secure to use ftp sites.

  There are two types of login in ftp servers
  1. Anonymous -- Here username = anonymous & password = your email address. Your email address is taken by the server just for their record maintenance.
  
  2. Non-anonymous -- Username & password are explicitly give to some specific persons by the server administrator.
  
  Ftp transmissions are encrypted, thus its secure.
  More security can be implemented by disabling anonymous login or denying file upload from anonymous user. Also you can restrict the traffic from some specific ips.