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Using SSH to transfer files - FTP Tutorial
From the course: Learning SFTP
Using SSH to transfer files
- [Instructor] While transferring files between network computers seems like an easy task, it quickly becomes complicated for a variety of reasons. Computer networks allow computers to talk to each other whether they're on the same desk or on opposite sides of the planet. But when we're sending data around the room or around the world, we need to consider the security of that data as well. In the past, it was common to use FTP or File Transfer Protocol to send files between computers. A server would run FTP software and allow clients to connect using FTP client software installed locally. Sometimes an FTP server was open to the world, allowing anyone to download or even upload files. FTP was used to distribute files to the public often by government or research institutions. NASA, for example, maintained a public FTP server full of scientific data and images of planets, stars, nebulous and more. FTP was also frequently…
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