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Real-world FTP use cases for production systems
Real-world FTP and SFTP use cases from production environments — covering backups, automated file transfers, integrations and secure data exchange.
These insights focus on how teams actually use managed FTP storage in business systems, without running and maintaining their own infrastructure.
From DevOps pipelines and surveillance storage to client file delivery and backend integrations, each example shows where FTP-based storage fits — and when managed FTP becomes the better choice.
FTP 101 - part 4: Using basic FTP commands
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by Carsten Blum
You might end up in a situation where the terminal is your only tool and you quickly need to move some files away from the box you are working on. Luckily this is very easy with basic FTP commands...
Read tutorialFTP 101 – Part 3: Authentication, is plain FTP secure?
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by Carsten Blum
How secure is FTP authentication with username and password really? We often assume that an established protocol like FTP is inherently secure, but it is not. It is very unsecure...
Read tutorialFTP 101 - part 2: FTP transfer types – ASCII vs. Binary
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by Carsten Blum
the difference between ASCII and Binary transfer modes in FTP – and when should you use one over the other? In this post in the FTP tutorial series I'll explains both...
Read tutorialFTP 101 - part 1: Active vs passive connections
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by Carsten Blum
we first need to understand how a FTP client uses ports when connecting to a FTP server. In a typical FTP session, two separate connections are established between client and server...
Read tutorialHow to Create a Simple SFTP Backup Script Using SSH Keys
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by Carsten Blum
Automate secure backups with a simple bash script. Learn how to generate SSH keys, set up your ftpGrid account, and upload zipped folders via SFTP — no passwords needed...
Read tutorialGuide: Create SSH keys for SFTP and SCP server auth
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by Carsten Blum
If you’re still using passwords to authenticate SFTP or SCP access, it’s time for an upgrade. Not only are passwords inherently insecure in today’s threat landscape...
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