I’m trying to make a connection to an external server. The server administrator wants to know how I intend to make an FTP connection (SSH, SSL, etc).
I intend to use php’s ftp_ssl_connect() function. Should I just tell him that the connection is plain SSL? Will it still be port 21?
The reason why I ask is that my FTP client has multiple encryption options (FTPeS, FTPiS, SFTP), so I just want to be sure that I’m telling him the right thing so I don’t waste our employer’s time.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.ftp-ssl-connect.php
http://www.sslftp.com/
http://serverfault.com/questions/50577/what-is-the-difference-between-sftp-port-22-or-port-990
ssh is more for a “terminal” user if you are using ftp client you are probably a gui person //the terminal is awesome if you are a devloper (nano,mysql,error_log())
ssl is just a security certificate i think
but there is also a difference between sftp and ftps
as far as the port i think typical is 21 for regular connection and 2222 for secure connection, but i have a couple of clients that set them to other things (good for security bad for my brain)
if all you need is to transfer files ftp of ftps is your way to go, as far as the configuration, thats up to the admin