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Site sucker ftp1/7/2024 ![]() You only need to port forward a port on your router, and you can browse using your browser, and the file manager could probably offer things like select multiple files from a folder and download them as a single zip file.Īlso, the file manager can have stuff like username/pass, as your server uses encryption everything is encrypted. You could set up a basic http server using apache or nginx and have a SSL certificate using Let's Encrypt or some self signed certificate, and set up some kind of file manager written in PHP or some other language. I also suggest not using FTP, but simply because it's too much of a pain in the ass to do port forwarding through the router for it and having to mess with PASV (passive mode) or active mode and all that crap. If there's any form of jailbroken application that would be better in this regard, unfortunately that won't be an applicable option in this scenario. I'd definitely use a different one if you recommend it, but do note that I have an iPhone SE (2020), so unlike my old phone, it's no longer within the jurisdiction of the CheckRa1n jailbreak, and therefore I'm virtually trapped to whatever is available on the App Store. The app in question is FileManager on the iOS App Store. From the other posts I can definitely tell that FTP is not the way to go here, sorry for the unclear messaging. Thanks for the follow up! I meant that I'd take convenience over security among the protocols you'd already recommended, seeing as they'd met your criteria for 'usable'. What app is this, id pick a different one. There are better/other apps you can use that will be able to use other protocols.įTP sends the password in plain text, so everyone knows your password if there looking. With the other ones that you mentioned, would there be a specific reason for me to use one over the other? Like I'll take your word for it and use those instead of an FTP, but my files frankly are not that immensely confidential, and I wouldn't mind choosing a slightly faster/more convenient protocol over one with just slightly more security.Īlso if any of these require approval/access via a distinct button/switch on the PC hosting the server, while that would be secure, it'd be an instant no-go for me, as I'm really just looking for a convenient way to access my files from anywhere.įTP is a sepcific protcol. Note: (I put an image below showing specifically the fields I'm to fill out if/when I set this up, so hopefully that should help you know if this doesn't support those other protocols.) The phone app I'm using does note FTP specifically, is that just an umbrella term or will it only actually work if I were to use an FTP? Thanks for responding! I've never even heard about those protocols before, so thank you for catching a blind side that I wouldn't have even thought to ask about. Running a ftp or any file server takes almost no performance hit, so it won't matter here Or use samba/cifs for much better support in windows. Well first of all, don't use FTP, not secure at all. But if the server needs a decent CPU to actually run well, or FTP software just straight up doesn't support stuff well below Windows 10 (which I doubt, but I don't have the knowledge to prove for or against it), then using my main PC may be my best bet.Įither way, I'm not looking for one or the other to be the right answer in biased preference, I'd genuinely be fine using either one so long as one of you lovely people express that there is indeed a correct answer to this predicament. ![]() My concern is that using my good PC would throttle it's performance and decrease it's lifespan by forcing it to be on 24/7 as a file server (though it does stay on almost 24/7 on idle regardless, as I keep Parsec open in the background in case I want to access it remotely from my other PC / laptop. It's running Vista I believe, though I have a Windows 7 Pro key that I will put on it, though I haven't gotten around to it yet. It's not on-hand so I can't get very specific, but just imagine an old HP pre-built for office cubicles or schools like 8-10 years ago. It's significantly older, I'm not sure if it has dedicated graphics and I'd bet against it. ![]() I could use either my main PC that I use day to day (specs available on my profile), or I could use this spare PC I've just had kinda laying around collecting dust. I want to set up an FTP for some fairly basic file storage accessible over the internet to my laptop / other PC (divorced parents, so the PC at that other house) / my phone via the FileManager app. ![]()
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