The one thing to change is where it says Servertype click the drop down box beside it and notice the options. You would fill out the corresponding information accordingly or if you are modifying an account that already existed in the Site Manager, just leave everything as is. Otherwise, click on New Site to add your account to FileZilla's site manager.
If so, just select it and the information for the account will show up in the right side of the Site Manager dialog box. If you are already using FileZilla then you may see your site already listed here. This will bring up the Site Manager dialog box. If you are already using FileZilla as your FTP application then you may already have your FTP account stored in FileZilla's Site Manager.Ĭlick on File and select Site Manager. To enable FTPeS for your FTP connection using FileZilla you can follow the instructions given below. Regular FTP will pass this information across your connection in plain text, so if someone was sniffing your connection, they could easily attain your username and password. This prevents anything that might be listening on your connection from reading your username and password.
FTPeS using the same type of technology to encrypt your login credentials as you log into the FTP server. Note that when you go to purchase an item from a website on the Internet, when you check out most of the time you are taken to a secure website, noted by the HTTPS in the browser's location bar and by the padlock icon in the bottom status bar of your browser. This is the same technology that is used to bring secure web browsing (HTTPS) on the web. TLS and SSL is a means of encrypting data, using a public/private key combination set. The only change is changing your Server Type from regular FTP to FTPeS.įTPeS is short for FTP over explicit TLS/SSL. It doesn't change anything that you do in regards to how you perform FTP actions.
Using FTPeS or FTP over Explicit TLS is fairly simple and straightforward. Filezilla - FTP over TLS Accessing FTP with FTP over TLS