Hackers will constantly scan the internet for hosts listening on port 21, the default FTP port. Securing Your FTP ServerĪlong with configuring the user(s) with a strong password, there are a few settings within FileZilla that you can configure to further secure your new FTP server. To give the user further permissions, such as the ability to copy files to this repository, check the boxes beneath ‘Files’ and ‘Directories.’Ĭlick OK once you’re done setting the user permissions. By default, the user we’ve created is able to read files, list directories, and list subdirectories. Now we need to assign the user permissions for this repository. Once you’ve done that, a window like the one below will pop up, use it to select the directory you would like to share as an FTP repository.Ĭlick OK.
I wanted to make sure that I am correct in that SSH is secure while FTP is not and also, that you can use Filezilla to adopt the SSH approach and that SSH is not a completely different piece of software.Click OK once you’re done entering the account name, and then click on “Add” underneath the “Shared folders” section. Using this approach, is insecure.įilezilla SSH: In order to use the SSH approach, I just need to go into File > Site Manager > New Site > Protocol > SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol. With this in mind, is my following understanding correct:įilezilla FTP: When you open up Filezilla, you are taken to the 'FTP Dashboard'. I am currently using Filezilla, to transfer web files to its server. Therefore, information can be intercepted and easily read.Īfter looking into this, I have read that using the SSH approach is a secure alternative. The reason being, that when using the FTP approach, your login credentials are being sent into Cyber Space, in plain text.
I have heard that FTP is an insecure way of uploading files from a local computer, to a website server.
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