The collection of user data has become a contentious issue for people worldwide. Fortunately, Canonical has shown how it can be done right.

Sudo lets you run any terminal command as another user — hence "substitute user" — but the default and most common use for it ...

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a standard network protocol used to transfer files between a client and a server over a TCP/IP-based network, such as the Internet. It enables users to upload, download ...

How To Use SCP (Secure Copy) With SSH Key Authentication Your email has been sent Here's how to use the secure copy command, in conjunction with ssh key authentication, for an even more secure means ...

File Transfer Protocol is an older networking protocol for transferring files to network servers. Here's how to use it on your Mac. We previously covered the Terminal-based SCP protocol, which allows ...

An off-the-clock Microsoft worker prevented malicious code from spreading into widely-used versions of Linux via a compression format called XZ Utils. An off-the-clock Microsoft worker prevented ...

Researchers have found a malicious backdoor in a compression tool that made its way into widely used Linux distributions, including those from Red Hat and Debian. Because the backdoor was discovered ...

Due to the sheer flexibility and convenience of transferring files between computers over a TCP/IP-based network such as the Internet, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) has long been a viable proposition.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) are two of the most widely used protocols for transferring files between a local device and a remote server. They are frequently ...