Disadvantages of FTP

[cheryl381]

Most Linux systems will have ftp available as a command line option. Try entering "man ftp" in terminal mode to make sure you have it, and to learn the various ftp commands. Typically, you will have...

[William Smith]

I use Cute FTP but till date I have not faced any such problems, yes I lose the connections frequently but never blocked the connection. Might my network engineer have worked on it.

[ABLAO]

Yes you are right
good post

[Addison]

Hi...,
Thanks for sharing this informative post....i am agree with you on that point these problems have less to do with the protocol and more to do with supporting users of the protocol...nice sharing....

[shauncroun]

Following are some disadvantages of FTP:
1. You need to manage multiple file versions yourself.
2. Most FTP software is not encrypted and therefore not secure.
3. FTP connections are unreliable and often times out, so you need to resume the connection and figure out which files were not backed up.
4. Files can be corrupted during FTP transfers without your knowledge.

[ghanistha]

FTP is run on two ports, 20 and 21, and runs exclusively over TCP and FTP Server listens on Port 21 for incoming connection from FTP clients. A connection on this port forms the control stream, on which commands are passed to the FTP server. For the actual file transfer to take place, a different connection is required. Depending on the transfer mode, the client (active mode) or the server (passive mode) can listen for the incoming data connection.

[steveschmidt85]

FTP can pass viruses in website?

[jamesrhodes]

Following are some Disadvantages of FTP:
1. It causes bounce, spoof attack during data transfer.
2. It is not secure protocol.
3. Encryption of data is not done in FTP.

[rockymartine]

Here I describe disadvantages of FTP Server.
1. FTP was not designed to be a secure protocol.
2. FTP causes the following attacks during the transfer of data.
a. Bounce Attacks
b. Spoof Attacks
c. Brute Force Attacks
d. Packet Sniffing
e. User name protection
f. Port sealing
3. Encryption of data is not done in FTP.

[ruby01]

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