FTP servers on file hosts - hows that so bro?

[Putin]

Sup. Folk. Hey.

We allow FTP (File Transfer Protocol) access to your files.

I see this on file hosts... lets take FileServe for example.



Now what I'd like to know is how can they offer that... because creating an FTP server means allowing people to transfer files - any file... surely this is a security risk?



Also, how do file hosts manage to support them with storage, like how to know if you can have 1000 users on one server or if they will upload lots of files so you can only allow 100 users etc.



Hmm... answers to this would be appreciated.

Putin Reviewed by Putin on 21st Sep 2011. FTP servers on file hosts - hows that so bro? Sup. Folk. Hey. :sun: I see this on file hosts... lets take FileServe for example. :'( Now what I'd like to know is how can they offer that... because creating an FTP server means allowing people to transfer files - any file... surely this is a security risk? :O Rating: 5

[viruz99]

FTP is only available for uploading - once the file goes through , you can't browser the ftp folder etc.....

I.e : You connect via firezilla - drag your files to your account folder - it uploads the file , that's it

[Putin]

oooo, that makes a lot of sense. I thought they were letting you view the files and not just upload :-D

[Ivan]

just like viruz99 said - some kind of "upload deamon" scans ftp space and moves the files from there to user account. It's just another way to upload files to server, once they get moved to account you no longer see them on ftp and can't download from there.

[ChokY]

there are two kind of ftp
public ftp and private ftp

I think its a public ftp, so the other user can browse your ftp folder and download your file with ftp port (21) not http port (80)
but only you who can upload the files to the ftp folder

an example for direct download from ftp port is

ftp://ftp.coreftp.com/CoreftpSetup.exe

as you can see, the link is ftp:// not http://