File Transfer Protocol client applications let you to transfer files back and forth between your computer and another computer running an FTP server application. The ...

Transferring sensitive data from user to user or company to company can be difficult when there's no secure data-transfer solution in place. Even more difficult is restricting who can open the files ...

FTP was the popular protocol for file transfer but short of using FTPS, it doesn't provide the security required these days. Here's how to use Secure Copy (SCP) for file transfer. Secure copy, or SCP, ...

One of the oldest still-working protocols on the Internet is FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Designed in the net’s earliest days, FTP never concerned itself with security. Later standards addressed this ...

Synology has this week announced the availability of a new secure cloud file transfer service designed for businesses and teams, enabling them to securely transfer documents between businesses, ...

I am an avid user of open source software and a firm believer in the benefits of FOSS. I have a choice of operating systems at my disposal, but I now cringe whenever I have to work in the Microsoft ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. The more distributed ...

In last week’s newsletter, I wrote about using secure file transfer tools as a complement to your enterprise e-mail system to offload large file attachments from e-mail. The primary focus of that ...