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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: File Transfer Protocol, Telnet, Samba, Secure Shell, Apache HTTP Server, Network File System, Talk, Wide area information server, Ping, Finger protocol, Rsync, Tcpdump, Squid, Nmap, OpenVPN, SSL-Explorer: Community Edition, Wireshark, Metasploit Project, Rapid7, Netcat, Netstat, Pcap, Ifconfig, Polipo, Postfix, Ngrep, Ettercap, Inetd, NIS+, Slirp, Tinyproxy, Ssh-keygen, Network Security Toolkit, Snort, UT-VPN, TCP Wrapper, Point-to-Point Protocol daemon, Traffic Server, DansGuardian, Rlogin, Ntfsprogs, Nslookup, Paping, Network Information Service, Authbind, Tcpkill, Packetsquare, Portmap, Pound, Ziproxy, Lsh, TCP Gender Changer, Stunnel, Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks, OFTP, Spamd, Berkeley Automounter, Remote Shell, SuEXEC, Ntop, Autossh, Sharity, Ttcp, Grsync, Thresh, Network Kanji Filter, Reverse telnet, Hping, WarVOX, CVSup, Dhcpd, Iftop, WWWOFFLE, Route, Stone, SSLBridge, University Toolkit, R-tools, Rcp, Ucspi-tcp, Lorcon, YXORP, Balance, Remote Process Execution, Uux. Excerpt: File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet. FTP is built on a client-server architecture and utilizes separate control and data connections between the client and server. FTP users may authenticate themselves using a clear-text sign-in protocol but can connect anonymously if the server is configured to allow it. The first FTP client applications were interactive command-line tools, implementing standard commands and syntax. Graphical user interface clients have since been developed for many of the popular desktop operating systems in use today. The original specification for the File Transfer Protocol was written by Abhay Bhushan and published as RFC 114 on 16 April 1971, before TCP and IP even existed. It...
