Before proceed with the steps on how to install and connect to an FTP Server, I will like to briefly describe the difference between active and passive FTP as this is a prevalent question when dealing with Firewall configuration to support the deployment. You may also want to see how to access FTP Server from your browser: How to create a shortcut and access Filezilla from Windows Explorer. These are port 21 for the command port and port 20 for the data port. FTP is a service that utilizes two ports, a “data port” and a “command” port (also known as the control port).
To reiterate further, FTP is a TCP-based service exclusively and there isn’t a UDP component to FTP. Both server and client support FTP and FTPS, while the clients can also connect to SFTP servers.
FileZilla Clients are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS, but the servers are available only in Windows. It supports TLS, the same level of encryption supported by your web browser, to protect your data. FileZilla Server is a free and open-source, cross-platform FTP application, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla server that supports FTP and FTP over TLS which provides secure encrypted connections to the server.
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