Disadvantages of FTP

[rosy01]

Disadvantages:

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.

[Steve Markson]

File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol utilized to move files from one host or to another host over a TCP-based network, for example the Internet.

[kathrine01]

Disadvantages:

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.

Nice point of FTP disadvantages.Keep up the good work. Looking forward to reading more such intriguing stuff. Thanks for sharing.

[sophia01]

Nice post, keep up the good work. Hope to read more such amazing posts. Thanks once again.

[ayishabanu]

The main disadvantage of FTP is that it is a clear-text protocol, meaning the entire transaction takes place without any privacy

[nancy29]

it is best to use sftp instead of normal ftp to protect your login credentials from getting hacked.

[rosterfedrik]

FTP have many disadvantages, Like FTP was not generate a secure protocol,come many types of attacks and to work on FTP server must be requires an FTP client. Active FTP connections filtering is difficult on your local machine and data encryption is not possible in FTP.

[yaseenkhan]

dont use ftp, there are lot of disadvantages. it include virus while transferring date from system to host.

[yaseenkhan]

I was affect by ftp through virus, and all my website went to virus mode.

[hostbiz1]

Thanks for sharing the post.