Best free or less than $30 FTP loader?

[jgs001]

What do you mean by security ? There's a couple of different implementations of encrypted FTP transfer SFTP and FTPS (One is encrypted within the protocol and the other has the comms encrypted with SSL, sorry I can't remember which is which). There are free clients available that will handle this, if that's what you're meaning.

 

[chewyuk]

Looks like some only offer basic FTP security, whilst others have SSL & SSH, as you say. The CUTE options have both. Just wondered what if anything was the difference?

 

[jgs001]

The secure options encrypt the actual file transfer between client and server. The protocol is considerably more complicated. However, this does require a suitable server that supports the protocol and they are actually even more expensive to setup, run and maintain as the owner must have usable and valid site server certificates etc. I know of a number of environments within which this sort of technology is used, but they are all transferring either confidential or detailed transactional clear text information through the public network, so the additional encryptions involved protect that data.

 

[chewyuk]

OK, so for the purposes of my transfer, the filezilla security is fine and more than adequate.

 

[EdinburghGary]

Chewy what do you develop your sites with?

 

[chewyuk]

Chewy what do you develop your sites with?

I don't I got a company to build it for me, as you can see, web site building is not my forte

 

[EdinburghGary]

I don't I got a company to build it for me, as you can see, web site building is not my forte

Ahh ok. If you are going to "tinker" with it, a lot of the editors will include FTP.

Gary.

 

[jgs001]

OK, so for the purposes of my transfer, the filezilla security is fine and more than adequate.

I would expect so. Equally, it's quite possible/probable that your hosting provider doesn't offer a secured FTP anyway.

 

[chewyuk]

Just want to update the shots for the last year, I did this about a year ago with Cute and maybe a few small tweaks, nothing major.

 

[Sgt_Major]

ftp surfer personally.

 

[chewyuk]

Perfect - Filezilla is a piece of cake, UI is very similar to that of CuteFTP, so I am sorted. Have a new front page image already. Cheers for all the sound advice and help.

 

[mattyh]

good to hear it

 

[jgs001]

Glad to hear it, and that it's working well

 

[natjag]

I use Yummy (mac) available Via Downloads. Worked out about £12 once trail ran out. Easy, drag and drop, deleted, rename etc.

 

[reddeathdrinker]

I'm a FireFTP afficianado - why install extra programs when you can do it all with a Firefox Add-on?