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October 16, 2007

File Transfer Protocol

FTPPlanet found this deep-dive blog titled 'Protocol' about File Transfer Protocol and thought it's an interesting read regarding the bottom-line basics of client and server file transfer protocol functionality.

Take a look!

http://aboutprotocol.blogspot.com/2007/10/file-transfer-protocol_11.html

Here's the opening couple paragraphs as an intro:

FTP or File Transfer Protocol is used to transfer data from one computer to another over the Internet, or through a network.
Specifically, FTP is a commonly used protocol for exchanging files over any network that supports the TCP/IP protocol (such as the Internet or an intranet). There are two computers involved in an FTP transfer: a server and a client. The FTP server, running FTP server software, listens on the network for connection requests from other computers. The client computer, running FTP client software, initiates a connection to the server. Once connected, the client can do a number of file manipulation operations such as uploading files to the server, download files from the server, rename or delete files on the server and so on. Any software company or individual programmer is able to create FTP server or client software because the protocol is an open standard. Virtually every computer platform supports the FTP protocol. This allows any computer connected to a TCP/IP based network to manipulate files on another computer on that network regardless of which operating systems are involved (if the computers permit FTP access). There are many existing FTP client and server programs. FTP servers can be set up anywhere between game servers, voice servers, internet hosts, and other physical servers.

Posted by Erik Small at October 16, 2007 12:43 PM digg this add to del.icio.us add to My Web Furl this page

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