This video shows how to restrict access to MFTExpress by IP address. This feature allows users to increase security without getting an administrator involved.
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IP Access Restrictions in MFTExpress
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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Videos, Tutorials, Secure File Transfer
JSCAPE MFT Server - Automatic Virus Scanning using ClamAV
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If you are like most organizations, then your FTP server accepts file uploads from both internal users (employees) and external users (customers and business partners). In addition to ensuring that data is transmitted securely via encrypted protocols such as FTPS and/or PGP, you should also take measures to verify that the data received does not contain a virus or trojan.
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Virtual File System on JSCAPE MFT Server
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This video describes the Virtual File System on JSCAPE MFT Server and jailed users accounts, which is a feature that increases security.
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New FTP Commands? Remove Directory All, Directory Size, Available Space
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Streamlined FTP Command Extensions is a proposal for 5 new FTP commands. I stress the word proposal, because it seems to have been abandoned, and would not progress to Internet Standard without a good deal of effort. That said, there was a decent amount of interest in at least some of the commands. I'm going to quote liberally from it for some of the descriptions.
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New FTP Command: HASH for Requesting Hash of a File
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Have you ever uploaded or downloaded a file, and wanted to verify that there were no errors during the transfer? To make sure that the file on your local system and the remote system you transferred it to were identical? There are some cases where we can live with errors in transfers and other mission critical situations where there can be absolutely no errors. Error detection usually involves extra overhead, so it's not desirable in all cases.
Read MoreNew FTP Command: RANGe for Specifying Byte Ranges
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Standard FTP already has the REST command, which allows the starting point of a file transfer to be specified:
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New FTP Working Group at IETF
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FTP is quite a stable protocol. It's been used for nearly 4 decades to transfer files. FTP is defined in a series of RFCs (Internet Standards or specifications that describe how to implement the protocol) which are published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a standards developing organization.
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Quick Tip: Official FTP Command Registry
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Many different specifications (RFCs) over the long history of FTP describe its official implementation. FTP is about 40 years old, but there are about 10 "newer" specifications written over the last 25 years that implementors need to take into account, only some of which are linked to each other. You might not find them, even if you know what you're looking for! :)
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New FTP Command: HOST for Virtual Hosts
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FTP originated at a time before virtual hosting, where multiple servers are hosted on a single IP address but with different domain names. On the Internet, multiple domain names may resolve to a single IP address.
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Database and LDAP (Active Directory) Authentication for JSCAPE MFT Server
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This video describes database and LDAP (Active Directory) authentication modules for JSCAPE MFT Server.
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