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Glossary: Secure Infrastructure and Zero Trust

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

Also written: FTP, plain FTP

An old file transfer protocol on TCP port 21 that sends the user name, password and file in plain text. Alex's capture showed Sam's password in the clear.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)FTPSTFTP (Trivial FTP)tshark