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File Transfer Protocol. A simple client server protocol for transfering a file over a network. Most operating system come with the client application. FTP provides no confidentiality or integrity to the data being trasfered.

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How does malware connect to FTP servers without revealing credentials to the victim?

Let’s take an FTP based passwords stealer, or some keylogger, that uploads the details of our victims to our FTP server. How do they connect back to our FTP server? As far as I know that for uploading any file to our FTP server we need its details…
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New files appearing on my web server (I did not create)

I recently had a keylogger on my computer recording usernames and passwords including their respective web addresses. I have changed all my passwords however on my web hosting account, in the FTP, there are numerous copies of the same exact file.…
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Why isn't FTPS, SFTP, or other protocols which use SSL/SSH on port 443/22?

ANSWER ON THE BOTTOM I'm in the process of taking my Security+ exam, and I was taught by the professor teaching me that, when trying to figure out what port to put a protocol on (as there are a LOT of ports), if the protocol is combined with SSH or…
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How can I prevent my FTP from being hacked?

My FTP was hacked, a file has been uploaded and the host suspended the website temporarily. I'm only using an admin page that points to an .xml file (to load and modify the text of my website). I don't have any databases. I'm going to add a…
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FTP access instead of SFTP

We want to provide access to upload files on a FTP server. How to provide the access for the same? What is difference between a FTP and SFTP server?
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script for analysis of tcpdump log file

I'm trying to get the following metrics from my tcpdump log file: (1) one-way delay, (2) request/response delay, (3) packet loss, (4) overall transaction duration and (5) delay variation (jitter). For clarification: transaction duration refers to…
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windows security alert windows firewall has blocked some features of this program message coming for every new build of my application

I made an application which uses ftp so windows shows windows security alert windows firewall has blocked some features of this program message for every new version of my application any idea how to fix this so user does not have to press unblock…
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How does Google get information about FTP servers - and how to avoid it?

I searched the internet like this inurl:ftp -inurl:(http|https). I found many FTP hosts. I can add or remove files from some hosts. How does Google get information about FTP servers? How can one avoid indexing of one's FTP server(s) in Google?
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Pure-ftpd connections from unknown IPs

I'm seeing unknown IPs in results like this in the messages log on a CentOS 6 webserver, are these IPs actually accessing the machine? Mar 13 19:11:49 server pure-ftpd: (?@some.ip.here) [INFO] New connection from some.ip.here Mar 13 19:11:49 server…
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How FTP can be connect under SSH so it become sftp?

I have seen this answer and it just tells the difference between SFTP and VPN ftp. But I am asking for How exactly SFTP works? The first SSH make a secure tunnel but then how do I use FTP?
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