My FTP server (ProFTP on Ubuntu) always seems to be real finicky about who's messing with it. I can connect from work and home passively, but sometimes my friends have trouble. Some are behind strict ...

Servers aren't passive or active by nature. Individual transfers are passive or active depending on what the clients request. There's one FTP command do initiate an active transfer, and another to ...

Nearly everyone uses FTP for one reason or another. The problem is, FTP is a messy protocol that needs a lot of help to secure it. Let Thomas Shinder enlighten you. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is ...