It’s widely accepted that file transfer protocol (FTP) is the simplest way for organizations to send data across the Internet. To enhance security, many companies now use sFTP or FTP/S, the “secure” ...

File Transfer Protocol is an older networking protocol for transferring files to network servers. Here's how to use it on your Mac. We previously covered the Terminal-based SCP protocol, which allows ...

Due to the shortage of IPv4 addresses, and for security reasons, many corporate and home networks use firewalls and network address translations, leading to network scenarios not envisioned by the ...

Last week we received a question from one of our readers who was looking for a way to give his sister access to some files stored on his PC. While there are many ways for us to accomplish this goal, ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. FTP turns 45 this year. And, ...