FTP and Publishing.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It's a standard procedure in a network, to transfer information from one host too another by using TCP/IP. FTP is based on a single user application so it prevents other user configuration. FTP apps such as Fetch (for mac) and File Zilla (for PC) are used to upload information for a website then tunneled through a certain web address to spit out the desired webpage, designed and uploaded in to FTP software.


By using FTP, users can benefit from positive aspects such as secuirty in there design and creation of web pages, they can also benefit from the luxury of lauching from their own Personal Computer.


Some of the negatives about FTP is that it isn’t very secure. the security between computer swapping for uploading to other computers is minimal. FTP was created years before security was a real issue, so this creates a problem for the user.