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The FTP service on [[river.fysh.org]] is principally as an additional means (beyond [[wikipedia:Secure copy|SCP]] or [[wikipedia:SSH file transfer protocol|SFTP]]) for a user to get files onto the machine.
The FTP service on [[river.fysh.org]] no longer allows connections from the general Internet.  The only reason to keep the service at all is that at least on user makes use of it when installing/upgrading software on our web server.  As such access is only available via localhost and the fysh server IPs.


There is a small anonymous FTP area which does also allow uploads in /incoming but no-one but system administrators can get at the files in there via FTP (so the server can't be used as a dead-drop by undesirables).  HTTP is a much better option if a [[river.fysh.org]] user needs to host a file for others to pick up without logging in.
Users wishing to transfer files onto [[river.fysh.org]] are advised to look into alternatives such as [wikipedia:Secure copy|SCP]] or [[wikipedia:SSH file transfer protocol|SFTP]]).
 
Any FTP connection to ftp.fysh.org may make use of SSL encryption so as to not expose passwords or other data to snooping by 3rd parties.  This is implemented via extra protocol on the default FTP ports (20 and 21) ''not'' through the extra 'ftps' ports (989 and 990) so be sure to configure your FTP client for the former, not the latter.


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Latest revision as of 09:38, 1 March 2014

The FTP service on river.fysh.org no longer allows connections from the general Internet. The only reason to keep the service at all is that at least on user makes use of it when installing/upgrading software on our web server. As such access is only available via localhost and the fysh server IPs.

Users wishing to transfer files onto river.fysh.org are advised to look into alternatives such as [wikipedia:Secure copy|SCP]] or SFTP).