WestNet Help: FTP
File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, is the method
by which files are most commonly transferred on the Internet. There are
basically two types
of FTP: anonymous and non-anonymous.
Anonymous FTP is when you log on to a remote machine without identifying
yourself. Your e-mail address is used as a password. There are usually
limitations on what you can and can not do, such as not being able to make
any changes on the remote system. To be able to remove or create
directories or delete files is usually restricted.
For an anonymous FTP session, you can use Netscape. All of the files
and directories on the remote system will appear as hypertext links:
A non-anonymous FTP session is one in which you have an account on the
remote machine. For example, when you upload a web page to WestNet, you
log-on to WestNet, via a FTP client, using the same username and password
used for normal log-ins.
For non-anonymous FTP, it is not possible to use Netscape Navigator.
An additional piece of software is required, called a FTP client. Two
software packages that you could use:
