FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

FTP

We have just seen the use of telnet to implement the TCP/IP protocol and allow remote logins to computers over networks. Now we'll look at another useful TCP/IP protocol. This one is not concerned with letting us log into a remote computer, but with allowing us to transfer files between two different computers on the Internet. It is named "File Transfer Protocol", but is usually just called FTP.
The File Transfer Protocol was the standard means for transfer of files on the Internet before the advent of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and the World Wide Web. Although many of its functions have been taken over by the HTTP protocol, FTP is still used extensively for file transfer on the Internet.
We shall illustrate the FTP protocol using a shareware program called ws_ftp. We will see how WS_FTP can be used to retrieve files from many different sources on the Internet.



			FTP
		We have just seen the use of telnet to implement the TCP/IP protocol and allow remote logins to computers over networks. Now we'll look at another useful TCP/IP protocol. This one is not concerned with letting us log into a remote computer, but with allowing us to transfer files between two different computers on the Internet. It is named "File Transfer Protocol", but is usually just called FTP. The File Transfer Protocol was the standard means for transfer of files on the Internet before the advent of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and the World Wide Web. Although many of its functions have been taken over by the HTTP protocol, FTP is still used extensively for file transfer on the Internet. We shall illustrate the FTP protocol using a shareware program called ws_ftp. We will see how WS_FTP can be used to retrieve files from many different sources on the Internet.