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September 10, 2007
FTP: For The People
Many thanks to the FTPplanet forum member who emailed me this fantastic article on FTP written by Michael Calore. The article is full of insight, advice and key learnings based on Michael's 20 or so years of experience using file transfer protocol to move files.
Rough outline:
* Basic FTP info
* Logging In
* Anonymous FTP
* Server logs
* ASCII vs Binary
* Top clients
* Using a browser
* FTP etiquette
And so it begins: "It was in the dark ages of the Reagan era when I logged my first encounter with the File Transfer Protocol. I was involved in some nefarious video game-trading ring of the innocently naive variety, and a friend of mine had that hot new copy of Vladivostok Putting Challenge that I wanted oh so badly. The only problem was that he lived all the way on the other side of Orange County. Being too young to drive, neither of us had access to a car, and snail mail was just too darned slow. I wanted to lay down sloping fifteen-footers and rub it in the face of the Reds today, not in a week.
"No problem," my friend assured me. "Just log in to my server and grab it with FTP."
"FTP? What is that?" I asked.
My friend let out an Oscar-worthy sigh and gave me the quick run down of the Internet protocol that would forever transform my life."
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