Firefox may display a thin yellow bar at the top or a popup box to the left stating the installation has been blocked. Once the page finishes loading click the Install link or +Add to Firefox button. Once you have Firefox installed you can install the FireFTP addon by going here - - and then click on the Download FireFTP link on the main page. Firefox is a free web browser and it can be downloaded here. You will first need to ensure that you have installed Firefox.

What is FireFTP? FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP and SFTP client for the Mozilla Firefox web browser which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP and SFTP servers.Īlong with transferring your files quickly and efficiently, FireFTP also includes more advanced features such as: directory comparison, syncing directories while navigating, SFTP, SSL encryption, search/filtering, integrity checks, remote editing, drag & drop, file hashing, and more.įireFTP is an addon to the Firefox web browser. SFTP differs in this way from FTP, because with FTP both the command and data channels are unencrypted so any data sent over FTP channels can be intercepted and read. SFTP encrypts all data sent between your computer and another computer, such as a web server. SFTP stands for Secured File Transfer Protocol. FTP is also used to download files from another computer to your computer. FTP is a way for you to take files from your local computer and upload them to another computer, usually a web server. What is FTP and SFTP? File Transfer Protocol ( FTP) is a standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet.įTP deals with transfering data across the internet.

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