We are in the process of enforcing encrypted FTP or FTPS on all our servers. Regular FTP will be disabled as the communication between the server and client is in clear text and can be easily intercepted and compromised. We will use Transport Layer Security (TLS) / Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections to encrypt data transferred over FTP control and data connections.
To use FTP over TLS (FTPS) you need a TLS capable FTP client.
There are many free FTPS clients available, Filezilla (http://filezilla-project.org/) being one of them.
There are many free FTPS clients available, Filezilla (http://filezilla-project.org/) being one of them.
Instruction to use FTPS with Filezilla
If you are using the Quick connect dialogbox, prefix the hostname with ftpes://
If you are using the Quick connect dialogbox, prefix the hostname with ftpes://
If you are using the Site Manager, select ServerType as FTPES from the dropdown.
