It's the default FTP server in NimbleX, Slackware, and many other Linux distributions. Vsftpd also claims it's the "most secure and fastest FTP server for UNIX-like systems". In contrast, vsftpd is more secure and doesn't require many updates. However, it's not widely used due to common hosting panels not handling it's configuration management. In Alpine Linux the default FTP server is vsftpd.
Plenty of other clients also exist, but the ones mentioned above are the only ones covered. FTPS is plain FTP with TLS/SSL encryption.Īlpine Linux has various FTP clients and servers that you can install and use, including the following: SFTP, as the name implies, is done over SSH. Variants of FTP also exist, including SFTP (SSH FTP, not to be confused with Simple FTP) and FTPS (FTP with SSL). FTP is among the oldest protocols as its origins can be traced as far back as 1971 according to Wikipedia. FTP (or File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol that allows you to transfer files from a server to a client and vice versa (as FTP uses a client-server architecture).
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