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FTP server

The term FTP server can mean one of two things:

1. a computer responsible for serving any kind of files, via the FTP protocol to ftp clients which can also web browsers;
2. a software program that implements the FTP protocol and is working as a daemon serving any kind of files.

You can connect to an FTP server using an FTP client and some web browsers.

There are numerous versions of FTP server software. They include:

• AnomicFTPD - a small, fast, free/GPL, "full" (RFC959 compliant) terminal-based ftpd server in Java with own user account management.
• BSD ftpd
• Bullet Proof FTP Server - a commercial server.
• glFtpD
• PureFTPd - a free, GPL FTP server for *Nix operating systems. Binaries are available for Windows.
• ProFTPd
• RaidenFTPD
• vsftpd
• wu-ftpd

External links

• AnomicFTPD
• Bullet Proof FTP Server
• PureFTPd

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