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URL:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc959.txt
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is an application
layer protocol used to copy files from one computer to another. It belongs to the
TCP/IP protocol suite and is defined in RFC959 with updates in RFC2228,
RFC2640, and RFC2773.
FTP can be used directly by a user at a terminal or
by a program. Although it has been around for a very long time
(Internet-speaking-wise), it is still very frequently used to upload or
download files over the Internet or Intranet networks. FTP uses the Telnet
protocol on the control connection.
Keywords:
Internet, datagram, Transport, Protocol, file transfer
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