Differences between SFTP and “FTP over SSH”

Here is the difference: SFTP (SSH file transfer protocol) is a protocol that provides file transfer and manipulation capabilities. It can work over any reliable data stream, but is typically used with SSH “FTP over SSH” uses the regular old FTP protocol, but an SSH tunnel is placed between client and server. You probably won’t find libraries for … Read more

Is there a Public FTP server to test upload and download?

Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 3 years ago. What I want to do is measure broadband speed using c#. To do this, I use NetworkInterface.BytesReceived and BytesSent to get the … Read more

how can I login anonymously with ftp (/usr/bin/ftp)?

Anonymous FTP usage is covered by RFC 1635: How to Use Anonymous FTP: What is Anonymous FTP? Anonymous FTP is a means by which archive sites allow general access to their archives of information. These sites create a special account called “anonymous”. … Traditionally, this special anonymous user account accepts any string as a password, … Read more

How to recursively download a folder via FTP on Linux

You could rely on wget which usually handles ftp get properly (at least in my own experience). For example: You can also use -m which is suitable for mirroring. It is currently equivalent to -r -N -l inf. If you’ve some special characters in the credential details, you can specify the –user and –password arguments … Read more