FreeBSD6 Unleashed

Chapter 27. Configuring an FTP Server

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Introduction to the File Transfer Protocol

• File Layouts of Authenticated and Anonymous FTP

• Configuring the FTP Server

• Controlling FTP Access

• Allowing Anonymous FTP Access

• Virtual Hosting

• Using Alternative FTP Servers

Once the foremost method of transferring files from one point in the Internet to another, the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is now becoming eclipsed by the more glamorous and versatile HTTP.

However, although FTP is a very rudimentary protocol, and lacking in features generally considered critical in the modern era (such as SSL encryption), it is designed more specifically for large file transfers than HTTP is and therefore is able to do a number of things that HTTP cannot—including ...