File Transfer Protocol

File Alteration Agreement (FTP) is a accepted arrangement agreement acclimated to alteration files from one host or to addition host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet.

FTP is congenital on a client-server architectonics and uses abstracted ascendancy and abstracts access amid the applicant and the server.1 FTP users may accredit themselves application a clear-text sign-in protocol, commonly in the anatomy of a username and password, but can affix anonymously if the server is configured to acquiesce it. For defended manual that hides (encrypts) the username and password, and encrypts the content, FTP is generally anchored with SSL/TLS ("FTPS"). SSH File Alteration Agreement ("SFTP") is sometimes aswell acclimated instead.

The aboriginal FTP applicant applications were command-line applications developed afore operating systems had graphical user interfaces, and are still alien with a lot of Windows, Unix, and Linux operating systems23. Dozens of FTP audience and automation utilities accept back been developed for desktops, servers, adaptable devices, and hardware, and FTP has been congenital into hundreds of abundance applications, such as Web page editors.