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How to Send an Email Through Command Line
Email is sent to a recipient using a protocol called simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP). This protocol runs on servers throughout the Internet and on servers within a private network. You can use a...
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How to Test a Secure FTP Connection From a DOS Prompt
Establishing an FTP (file transfer protocol) connection is one of the ways you can transfer data over a network. You need a username and password to make a secure FTP connection. If you are unable to...
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How to Find the DNS Server
DNS, or Domain Name System, is most commonly used on the Internet to convert domain names like www.mydomain.com to a numerical IP address. When you type in a URL, a DNS server directs your computer to...
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How to Use OpenSSH on the iPhone
SSH (Secure Shell) is a protocol that allows you to log in to a remote server. SSH is most typically used to transfer files from one device to another. You can use OpenSSH on your iPhone if you have...
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How to Connect Direct SFTP
Secure FTP (SFTP) provides users with the tools necessary to connect to an FTP server using an encrypted connection. The SFTP software is freely distributed and it has an easily configurable user...
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How to Set Up an FTP Server in Fedora
FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, servers allow users to upload and download files. Users can upload and download files to FTP servers using standard tools that come with every operating system, from the...
View ArticleWhat Is the SFTP Protocol?
SSH file transfer protocol (SFTP) is a type of network data protocol that allows file management and access. Developed by the Internet Engineering Task Fore (IETF) as an extension of Secure Shell...
View ArticleAlternatives to SecureCRT
SecureCRT from VanDyke Software is a software application that offers terminal emulation with SSH. SecureCT "provides secure remote access, file transfer, and data tunneling for everyone in your...
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How to Change a PuTTy Session Color
PuTTy is a free SSH/telnet program for Windows, Unix and Linux. SSH and telnet are methods for creating a text-based connection to a remote computer. An SSH session is encrypted. A telnet session is...
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How to Create Your Own FTP Server
Creating your own personal FTP server allows you to upload and download files on your home computer while you're away from home. A personal FTP server can also be set up to allow friends and family to...
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How to Upload Files Using FileZilla
FileZilla is an extremely user-friendly yet powerful File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client. FTP clients are basically required to transfer files to a remote server from a local computer. A server is a...
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How to Upload PSD Files
Graphic designers, photographers and artists often use Photoshop Document (PSD) files to manage their images. The PSD file format is generated from Adobe Photoshop. PSD files are large, uncompressed...
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How to Send a Command to a Remote Computer Using Telnet
Telnet is a network protocol that allows users to connect to the text console of a remote computer. Once the connection is established, you can issue commands to the remote computer as if you were...
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How to Enable an FTP Service on Linux
FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, began as RFC 114 in April of 1971 and evolved to RFC 959 in October of 1995. FTP enables you to easily transfer files from one computer to another over the Internet. FTP...
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How to Connect to a Secure FTP on Windows
File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol that operates over the Internet. It is used to transfer files between computers over the Internet by using the TCP/IP protocol. FTP is widely used by Web...
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How to Transfer Files Between Two FTP Servers
File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, offers a way for two computers connected via the Internet to reliably transfer files. Usually, FTP transfers files between a remote server and the computer you're...
View ArticleHow to Enable the Telnet Server on Linux
The telnet protocol allows a client computer to access a text-based console on a computer running the telnet server software. Installing the telnet server software on a Linux operating system does not...
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How to Run a Remote Command on a PC
The most recent Microsoft Windows operating systems, such as Windows 7, Vista and XP, include the capability to provide command line access over the network using the telnet service. The ability to run...
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How to FTP to an Xbox From a PC
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) from your computer to your Xbox can be useful when frequently transferring files. File Transfer Protocol transfers your files along a CAT5 Ethernet cable at data transfer...
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How to Check FTP Transfer Rate
Individual applications that transfer files using FTP may have their own methods for monitoring transfer speed. But for a single method that works across all applications, consider an external...
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How to Send an Email Through Telnet With an Attachment
Telnet allows Internet users to connect to their PCs remotely, establishing a text-based portal for remote communication. Generally used as access to the inner workings of local operating systems,...
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How to FTP Between Two Computers
File transfer protocol (FTP) dates back to the early days of the Internet and is still used today. It was designed as a standard protocol to copy files from one computer to another over a network such...
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How to Set Up File Encryption in Filezilla Servers
FileZilla is a free open source FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server that supports many Internet standards and is a popular alternative to more expensive FTP server suites. Most FTP servers are...
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Parts of Mollusk Shells
Mollusk shells come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, from the two-sided clam shell, to the swirls of the giant conch. People have long been fascinated by shells and collected them. Historically,...
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Easiest Way to SSH Into a Mac From a PC
Secure Shell, or SSH, is a network protocol that lets you access a remote "shell" account on another computer in the same network. You can use this account to run text commands remotely. Unlike Telnet...
View ArticleNetwork Solutions: How to Upload to FTP in Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a Web browser that allows you to view files on the Internet. It also gives you the ability to upload files onto an Internet server. Uploading a file is the process of copying a...
View ArticleHow to Increase the Connection Timeout in FTP
When a user tries to connect to your server via the file transfer protocol, there is a connection limit set. If the user cannot successfully connect within this time, the FTP software stops that...
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How to Exit From Telnet
Telnet is a communication protocol that allows you to connect to a remote computer or server and access files as if you were working directly on the remote system. The program works on a variety of...
View ArticleHow to Hide Hidden Files in FileZilla Client
Using the hidden files feature in FileZilla helps make the list of files smaller and prevents you from accidentally deleting important system files. FileZilla is a free File Transfer Protocol client...
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How to Connect to a Cisco ASA 5550 with a Console Cable
Initial configuration of Cisco's Adaptive Security Appliance ASA 5550 firewall is done through the command-line interface. You access this interface by connecting a PC to the CON port via the console...
View ArticleHow to Write Telnet Output to File
The telnet protocol, developed in 1973, is a terminal service used to connect to a remote computer over a network. It has been replaced for the most part by SSH, an encrypted protocol for security,...
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Describe the Characteristics of the FTP Protocol
The File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, is one of the oldest applications on the Internet. In fact, it is older than the Internet. The FTP specification was first published in 1971, whereas the structure...
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Describe the Similarities Between SSH & Telnet
Telnet is a terminal emulator application. A terminal emulator lets users on one computer see the command line of another computer as though the actions displayed on the screen were happening on the...
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How to Measure the Fragment Offset
When a message is sent over the Internet, it is broken up into “packets” transmitted sequentially to their destination. Each packet may take a different path, depending on traffic. Some packets might...
View ArticleOpenSSH Vs. PuTTY
In the early days of network computing, file transfers and remote computer connections were accomplished through the File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, and Telnet. However, FTP offered no security...
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AS2 Vs. FTP
Interstate highways are built to safely accommodate a wide variety of traffic like passenger buses, freight haulers and family vehicles. Likewise, the Internet acts like a general-purpose thoroughfare...
View ArticleHow to Transfer File via SSH Shell Access
Secure Shell (SSH) provides a layered mechanism for different types of access. One of these layers is the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). Utilizing SSH, SFTP can perform file transfers from...
View ArticleHow to Create Custom Commands in FileZilla
FileZilla is a free FTP client and server application. Use it to transfer files from one computer to another in client or server mode. The server application is only usable on computers running...
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How to Set Up an FTP Server in Mac OS X Leopard
FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, allows network and Internet users to transfer files from one computer to another. With Mac OS X, and the system's built-in Unix core, setting up a Mac to act as an FTP...
View ArticleWhat Is an FTP Server?
In the last 10 years, the Internet has evolved quickly. Throughout this evolution, the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) has remained a current and useful technology. This article looks at what an FTP...
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How to Set Up an FTP Server in Vista
Business, Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista include Microsoft's Internet Information Services server software, which includes a file transfer protocol server. The FTP server isn't...
View ArticleHow to Set Up a Filezilla FTP Server
Filezilla is an open source program that allows you to, among other things, set up your own free FTP server. Even though the idea of setting up an independent server seems like a daunting task, the...
View ArticleHow to Telnet Using DOS
Telnet (Telecommunication network) uses the TCP/IP protocol (port 23) to establish connection to a remote system, for instance, a remote Unix/Linux machine. Telnet opens a terminal (shell) and allows...
View ArticleHow to FTP files
The Internet is inundated with acronyms. One of the most common today is hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), which is the standard protocol used to transfer web pages across the Internet. Before HTTP,...
View ArticleHow to Change a Directory in FTP
Using an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) service, you can download and upload files over a network. Connecting to an FTP server requires knowledge of a series of commands, including the "change directory"...
View ArticleHow to Stop FTP Transfer
File transfer protocol (FTP) is a way to transfer files between client and server computers. FTP uses the TCP/IP network protocol and allows both downloading and uploading of files from/to a server. An...
View ArticleHow to Change a Telnet Password
Telnet is an application that runs on host servers offering a method for command line interaction. Changing the telnet password involves logging into the server and typing a few commands at the prompt....
View ArticleHow to Access an FTP From an iPhone
As an IT professional it pays to be able to do things on the go--and in an age where the line between computers and smart phones is becoming thinner and thinner--IT professionals can accomplish more...
View ArticleHow to Buy Apple Computers From China
Purchasing an Apple computer from China is not easy. Other than visiting China, of course, you can also purchase a computer through Apple's website or by contacting a Chinese reseller through email....
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How to Telnet Into an HP Printer
Network printers, including those made by HP, each have an IP address used for sending print jobs from computers on the network. Using this same IP address, administrators can remotely access the...
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