Ftp

FTP is the File Transfer Protocol.

It was not designed to be a secure protocol. As outlined by RFC 2577, FTP security flaws include (but are not limited to):

• Bounce attacks ("The attack involves sending an FTP "PORT" command to an FTP server containing the network address and the port number of the machine and service being attacked.")
• Spoof attacks (for servers which limit access based on network address)
• Brute force attacks ("password guessing")
• Packet capture (sniffing) -- as of standard FTP, all the data including the passwords is sent unencrypted. Security extensions are available RFC 2228 but this is not a part of standart FTP.
• Username protection (issues with user identity guessing)
• Port stealing
• other FTP security issues related to software bugs rather than protocol issues

SFTP, the SSH File Transfer Protocol, should be used instead and is installed on GlobalShellz Servers.