Q : What are the capabilities of RaidenFTPD/SSL server?

A :

What is SSL

The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a protocol to protect your privacy and secret , it is mostly used on commercial web servers , such as online shops , when you were entering a personal info or credit card number , you are often redirected to a SSL web site by the URL with https:// prefix , although it is commonly used on web servers , it is quite a general protocol for any kind of internet application that requires secured connections , the FTP is no exception . The original FTP protocol is based on TCP connections which are basically CLEAR TEXT , It is absolutely unsafe although most of the people don't know how to intercept your data , but imaging how terrible will it be if the govrnment , your boss , your bussiness opponent can know everything you transffered via FTP ! with the introduction of RaidenFTPD/SSL , you no longer need to worry about this , RaidenFTPD/SSL can protect both ftp command channel and ftp data channel from being intercepted by others , you can have complete safety while using FTP with RaidenFTPD/SSL .

Using SSL in RaidenFTPD

First of all make sure your RaidenFTPD is newer than v2.4 build 641+ , and SSL extension must be enabled ( not available in trial version and personal license without SSL )

* Supports Implicit SSL (v2.4 build 641+) , Explicit SSL (v2.4 build 641+)

* Supports PBSZ , PROT C/P commands , "Explicit Data Channel Protection"

* Supports both PORT and PASV commands using SSL (v.2.4 build 641+)

* Supports for FXP using SSL through SSCN (RaidenFTPD own command) (v2.4 build 641+)

RaidenFTPD/SSL setup hints :

* cert.pem <- default server certificate , DO NOT REPLACE

* key.pem <- default private key file , DO NOT REPLACE

note : You can create your own SSL certificate and private key , read

* How to enable implicit SSL ? , Goto server editor , Input a SSL port (greater than 0) , Save , restart RaidenFTPD , warning : this port can't be the same with normal port and explicit SSL port

* How to enable explicit SSL ? , Goto server editor , Input an explicit SSL port (greater than 0) , Save , restart RaidenFTPD , warning : this port can't be the same with normal port and implicit SSL port

* FTP clients that support Implicit SSL :

CuteFTP Pro v1~3 , SmartFTP , FTP Voyager 9.1+ , FlashFXP , FileZilla

* FTP clients that support Explicit SSL :

CuteFTP Pro v1~3 , SmartFTP , FTP Voyager 9.1+ , Igloo FTP Pro , FlashFXP , FileZilla

* FTP clients that support SSL but can not work with RaidenFTPD

Ws-FTP Pro (if your server only uses SSLv2 server method , then it can work)

That's ALL

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