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== Criticism ==
 
== Criticism ==
  
There have been criticisms that SourceForge bundles malicious software with the application; and that FileZilla stores users' FTP passwords insecurely.
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There have been criticisms of FileZilla:
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* SourceForge bundles malicious software with the application
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* FileZilla stores users' FTP passwords insecurely
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 12:32, 9 February 2016

FileZilla is a free software, cross-platform FTP application, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server.

Description

Client binaries are available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Server binaries are available for Windows only.

The client supports FTP, SFTP and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS).

Support for SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is not implemented in FileZilla Server.

FileZilla's source code is hosted on SourceForge and the project was featured as Project of the Month in November 2003.

Criticism

There have been criticisms of FileZilla:

  • SourceForge bundles malicious software with the application
  • FileZilla stores users' FTP passwords insecurely

See also

External links