FTP Server: This should come of interest :)

Hey Guys,

I recently followed this article:
http://lifehacker.com/339887/build-a-home-ftp-server-with-filezilla

And I was able to access it from within my network, but i haven't done the second part where i can access it from outside (anywhere in the world)....which leads to my next point...

How to i make this ftp secure (sftp or something, could someone shed some light on this)? Because i'm not afraid if i'm accessing it within my own network (bring laptop downstairs, need grab a file), but when i'm out in a public computer with portable filezilla, i heard that what happened is all spelled out in plain text. How can you make filezilla server do (sftp?), and how do you use filezilla to connect to it. Please, i spent a long time working this out

Thanks!

 

As the article says, have you tried going into the server admin interface and checked out the settings that can be configured to make it secure?

 

You could also just try running a different protocol for out-of-intranetwork transfers, such as Secure-Copy which, at least according to the Wikipedia article, is designed to permit the secure transfer of a file from a local host to a remote client - which is what you're worried about.

If that won't run on Filezilla, I'd bet good money, even without having checked into it, that it'd run on Apache.

 

Alright, so bascially, I went into the filezilla server settings, and i got this admin menu:



1. What is this whole certificate thing about??
2. I checked a box that says "allow explicit ....", and underneath, there is a
"force explicit" thing. What is the diff between implicit and explicit, and do i need to check the "force explicit" for greater security?



1. Which one would i use? FTPS or FTPES. Would it make a difference if i did a "force explicit" thing?

Thanks!

 

yehrulz , check this mate , it might shed some light

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTPS

 

Good find. The accompanying article on transport layer security (TLS) should also help to obscure ... I mean elucidate , some of the terminology you're asking about.

According to the wiki-article linked by vinumsv, the preferred method of FTPS is explicit FTPS, aka FTPES, as opposed to implicit FTPS, based on the underlying definition of the protocol. On that basis, I'd go with the explicit mode over the implicit mode.