FileZilla -FileZilla is a fast, reliable, and secure FTP/SFTP client that allows you to transfer files between Web

sites and PCs running Windows. 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. Why do I need it? The open architecture of the Internet is great for rapidly exchanging information, and it's designed to be very stable, even when vast numbers of people are using the system. Unfortunately, the very "openness" that makes the Internet so useful also makes it vulnerable to malicious attack. Common attacks include eavesdropping for passwords or sensitive information; hijacking messages to inspect and modify transmitted data; and faking network addresses to fool access control mechanisms or redirect connections to a fake server. Using FileZilla helps guard against all of these attacks.

FileZilla was started as a computer science class project in the second week of January 2001 by Tim Kosse and two classmates. Before they started to write the code, they discussed on which licence they should release the code. They decided to make FileZilla an open-source project, because there were already many FTP clients available and they didn't think that they would sell even one copy if they made FileZilla commercial. Features Site manager Allows a user to create a list of FTP sites along with their connection data, such as the port number to use, the protocol to use, and whether to use anonymous or normal logon. For normal logon, the username is saved and optionally the password. Directory comparison Can compare the contents of local and remote directories. Message log -Displayed along the top of the window. It displays the console-type output showing the commands sent by FileZilla and the remote server's responses.

File and folder view -Displayed under the message log, provides a graphical interface for FTP. Users can navigate folders and view and alter their contents on both the local and remote machines using an Explorer-style tree interface. Users can drag and drop files between the local and remote computers. Transfer queue -Displayed along the bottom of the window, shows the real-time status of each queued or active file transfer. Limitations Scripting -Cannot be scripted from a command line or internally. Only manual, interactive supported. Windows 9x -As of version 2.2.23, FileZilla uses Unicode internally. As a result, it no longer runs on Windows 9x/ME. Mac OS X -The current binary versions of FileZilla for Mac OS X no longer support Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger or earlier. Running FileZilla with versions older than Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard requires compilation. Timestamps - Uploading In FTP mode date/timestamps attributes on uploaded files can only be retained if the server supports the MFMT command. In SFTP mode the said attributes can be retained starting with FileZilla 3.0.8. Timestamps - Downloading -Date/timestamps on downloaded files can only be retained if the partition on which the files are saved supports timestamps for file creation date and time. E.g. on FAT32/NTFS partitions you can keep in the download folder the original timestamps that the files have on the server. Only newer versions of FileZilla support keeping timestamps.