FTP and Web Publishing

Uses and Positives

FTP(File transfer Protocol) is an easier way of setting up websites. FTP is a standard network protocol used to copy a file from one host to another.

It doesn't need different end host configurations eg. operating systems and file names. This makes working with the program a lot easier then some others.

Another positive is that it is used with a user based password authentication, making it safer to use.

Negatives and risks

There can be many safety concerns when working with any program on the internet. Some security risks which FTP faced were:

Bounce Attacks
Spoof Attacks
Brute force attacks
Sniffing
User name protection
Port stealing

Another negative is that FTP is difficult to tunnel over SSH.
These problems can be minimized by employing encryption tools.

We learnt how to make a web page using FTP, Fetch and Word. I learnt how to use the fetch program, I still need practice as we have just started using this program in class and I do not have much prior knowledge of web pages or creating working we pages and putting them on the internet. This was quite interesting to learn about and sometimes difficult. It took me a little while to understand the process and get things such as links working.
However I learnt that this is a simple method for making web pages and will be very useful to use.

Here is a link to my web page that I created while learning to use this program.

Web page