


These are like FTP but encrypt the information that goes over the Internet and so is secure. The graphical software is availableįor Windows and Cyberduck works on both Windows and Mac. The secure versions of FTP (also called SCP for Secure Copy) are recommended for you to install. It is good to know about plain ftp, however, since it is on every machine and you can use it quickly without installing any software. Plain FTP is not secure and so although it works fine on gl, the secure ones explained below are highly recommended (use those below instead of plain FTP). Use the hostname ftp.gl.įor any plain ftp client. To review how to perform file transfer with command line FTP. A command line FTP client is included with MSWindows and all Unix or Mac machines. Command-line File Transfer and Terminal Software InstructionsįTP (File Transfer Protocol) is an insecure protocol for transferring files from one machine to another on the Internet.
