FTP Info

This web page has info about using FTP to upload web pages to a server.

Organizations

• http://www.ftp-protocol.org - FTP resource center.

Terminology

• FTP - File Transfer Protocol
• FTPS - FTP over SSL - supported natively by Microsoft's Win 2008
• SFTP - FTP over SSH - NOT supported natively by Microsoft.  Need to install a client/server software.

FTP/SFTP Tools

• http://filezilla-project.org  - filezilla - free download - Quote from site, "The free FTP solution. Both a client and a server are available. FileZilla is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU General Public License"
  • Client Version - download and install if you want to connect to FTP/SFT servers.
    • Helpful notes: Access SFTP/FTP sites.
      • Click "File", "Site Manager"
      • Click "New Site"
      • Give the site a name for your viewing in the upper left corner under "My FTP Sites".
      • Click on the "Host" field. Enter the hostname or IP address
      • Logon Type - I normally use "normal".
      • Enter your User Name & Password.
      • Click "Save and Exit".
      • Click "File", "Site Manager", Click on the FTP Site you created, then click "Connect".
      • "Advanced Tab" - I normally put in the "Default local Directory" and the "Default remote directory".
      • Once you connect notes:
        • Once you connect use the "Remote Site" section to locate the files you want.  Use the "Local Site" section to locate the directory you want to place the files in.  Next, drag the file from the "Remote Site" panel to the "Filename" panel and the download will start.  The bottom section will display the "Local File" names and the status (percent complete) of the files.
• http://www.ipswitch.com - WsFtp - FTP software.  You can get a free trial version and the real thing for ~ $40.
• http://www.jgaa.com/ - WAR FTP Daemon - is the FREE premier FTP server for Windows.
  • WU-FTP - supports supports the checkpointing and restart capabilities
• http://www.ftpx.com - FTP Explorer.  Free for Home & Educational use.
• Use IE or Netscape (limited functionality):  (notes, format, & examples)
  • Some versions of IE have allowed me to create & delete directories and add & delete files.  I think the later versions have removed some of these options. 
  • ftp://<account>:<password>@<servername>.  (ex: ftp://guest:guest@ftpserver.com)
  • ftp://<servername>  (ex:  ftp://ftpserver.com )
    

FTP Secure (FTPS) (aka FTP over SSL)

• IIS7 supports Secure FTP (FTPS) which is FTP over SSL (Secure Socket Layers).
  • http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/304/using-ftp-over-ssl/ - URL that walks you through setting up Secure FTP (FTPS) on Windows Server 2008 with IIS7 using FTP 7.5 and a SSL Certificate.
  • http://www.iis.net/overview/SecureContentPublishing - Home page for IIS & Secure Content Publishing.  Here is a quote from the site: "FTP7 enables secure publishing of content using FTP over SSL (FTPS)".
  • http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/310/what-is-new-for-microsoft-and-ftp-75 - What is new for Microsoft FTP 7.5? (search for Secure FTP).
• Filezilla
  • Server Type: FTP over SSL/TLS (implicit encryption) or FTP over SSL (explicit encryption)
  • Port:  varies depending on Server install.

SFTP

• General info
  • Port 22 - default port unless changed.
• WinSCP
  • Downloads
    http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
• Filezilla
  • Server Type: SFTP using SSH2
  • Port:  varies depending on Server install.
• Putty - I use the DOS functions to SFTP files.
  • Quote Site:  Free SFTP, FTP and SCP client for Windows
  • Home Site
    http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
  • Download
    http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
     

FTP Server Software

FTP (Java Solutions)

• FTP Bean Suite - Java classes for FTP solutions.  I had some problems (return code = -1 when transmitting a file) and had to drop it.  Maybe later release will work.
  • http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/oss/ - Then choose the "selecte a product" and choose FTP Bean Suite.
  • Connection Error Discussion - Read Timeout
    http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/forum/beans_discussion.nsf/current/07ABCCFA01BB6E9A2F379DD5261608E4?OpenDocument 

Download Tools

• Click here - my notes on Download tools.

My Examples & Notes

• DOS's FTP Command - Notes on using DOS's FTP.exe command.
• If FTP is loaded on a local server: 
  • ftp://localhost
  • IIS's default directory: C:\Inetpub\ftproot
• FTP using a browser:
  • ftp://<hostname>/<optional pathname>
  • ftp://<username>:<password>@<hostname>/<optional pathname>
  • Note:  You may need to set some "Advanced" Internet Options as follows:
    • Check - Enable folder view for FTP sites
    • Check - Use passive FTP (for firewall and DSL modem compatibility)
• FTP Accounts
  • Setup a regular user - type=User.

  FTP Misc Info

• Robocopy - Windows Resource Toolkit - use to delete directories hackers place in ftproot.
  • Sometimes hackers will create directories under the inetpub/ftproot directory that you can't delete via windows explorer.
  • Here is the steps:
    • Copy any of the good files & directories in "ftproot" over to a temp directory called "ftproottemp".
    • Now do the following:
      robocopy ftproottemp ftproot /MIR
    • The above command copies all of the files from ftproottemp to ftproot and then purges (deletes) any files that does not exist in "ftproottemp" because of the Mirror option - /MIR.
    • Now delete the temp directory using windows explorer:  ftproottemp
    • Your finished!!!