best FTP server for web server

Rick Stevens ricks at nerd.com
Mon Oct 4 20:14:38 UTC 2010


On 10/04/2010 12:36 PM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Mon October 4 2010, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> Don't forget there is FTP-S (FTP over SSL).  vsftpd supports both FTP
>> and FTP-S.  Most reasonable FTP clients also support it (gftp,
>> kasablanca, etc.).
>
> what you mean is sftp.

No, FTP-S.  FTP over SSL using port 989 and 990.  sftp is a part of ssh
and uses it's encryption mechanisms.
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