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Public file servers that can be accessed by means of anonymous login and using an email address as the password.
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Allows users to log onto an FTP server with a shared anonymous login. An Anonymous user can then download files from the FTP server.
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Using the Internets File Transfer Protocol (FTP), anonymous FTP is a method for giving users access to files so that they dont need to identify themselves to the server. Using an FTP program or the FTP command interface, the user enters "anonymous" as a user ID. Usually, the password is defaulted or furnished by the FTP server. Anonymous FTP is a common way to get access to a server in order to view or download files that are publicly available. ...
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A means of using FTP to make files readily available to the public. If you start an FTP session with a remote host, you give the log in or user name anonymous and enter your email address as a password. When you use a URL starting with "ftp://" and a domain name with a Web browser, an anonymous FTP session begins, and you don't have to enter a user name or password.
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Anonymous FTP allows a user to retrieve documents, files, programs, and other archived data from anywhere on the Internet without having to establish a user id and password. By using the special user id of "anonymous", the network user will bypass local security checks and will have access to publicly accessible files on the remote system. See also: archive site, File Transfer Protocol.
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A service that allows free public access to archived documents, files, and programs via the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). It's not necessary to have a user ID and password when logging into an anonymous FTP site. The user ID "anonymous" bypasses local security checks; often email addresses serve as courtesy passwords. See also File Transfer Protocol.
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A network file repository that permits users to log in and download or upload files without having a private user ID and password. To log in, users typically enter “anonymous” as the user ID and their e-mail address as the password.
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Users may gain access to a remote server using FTP without actually having an account on that server. The user's E-mail address is usually given as a password and the user name 'anonymous' is assigned to the user by systems supporting this service.
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The use of the FTP file transfer program to log on to another computer system via the Internet to obtain files from a public-access archive. Anyone is allowed access, since no login name or password is required.
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A method for downloading and uploading files using FTP protocol without having a username or a password. In place of a username word "anonymous" is used and in place of a password email address is usually used. If a hosting plan offers this service your users will be able to download or upload files with FTP without having their own account.
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People around the world maintain free archives of software and other information as a public service. These archives frequently use anonymous FTP for file transfer. That is, the user uses FTP (the file transfer protocol) to transfer the files, but does not need an account on the archive's host system in order to log in. The user logs in anonymously. However tradition dictates that the user leave his or her email address by way of courtesy.
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FTP access that is allowed to anyone. Users enter anonymous as the user name and can enter anything as a password. Many sites request anonymous users to enter their e-mail address as their password. This permits access to files considered in the open for general use.
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An FTP service that serves any user, not just those who have accounts at the site.
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The web standard of moving files between two Internet sites. FTP is a way to login to another Internet site for the purposes of retrieving and/or sending files. Anonymous FTP allows public accessibility to files.
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A file Transfer Protocol enabling users to transfer files from one computer system to another without having an account on the remote system.
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An FTP session that uses login name anonymous to access public files. A server that permits anonymous FTP often allows password@, signifying an e-mail address.
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The ability to access a remote computer system on which one does not have an account, via the Internet’s File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Users have restricted access rights with anonymous FTP and usually can only list, view, or copy files to or from a public directory on the remote system. Many FTP sites do not permit anonymous FTP access in order to maintain security. See also FTP.
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A method of accessing an internet computer with the ftp(file-transfer program) which does not require that you have an account on the target computer system. Just log in to the Internet computer with the user name anonymous and use your e-mail address as your password.
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Also known as "anon FTP," an FTP service provided to make files available to Internet users without any authentication.
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A method of transferring files using FTP which does not require usernames or passwords.
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A type of file transfer protocol (FTP) that allows you to download files over the Internet without having to enter a specific user name or password when you access a Web site. Many public FTP sites such as shareware sites let you access their Web servers without a user name and password.
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A file transfer protocol (FTP) service in which any user can copy files by logging on with the "name" anonymous.
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Anonymous File Transfer Protocol allows the public to log into an FTP server with a common login (usually "ftp" or "anonymous" and any password (usually the person's e-mail address is used as the password). Anonymous FTP is benefitial for the distribution of large files to the public, avoiding the need to assign large numbers of login and password combinations for FTP access.
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A special case of FTP (File Transfer Protocol) that provides a method of permitting anyone to attach to a system via FTP but allows them to have only very limited capabilities, thus enabling portions of the system to be available to the public while still maintaining some level of security.
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a common way to make software available; users are allowed to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available
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The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a software standard for transferring computer files between machines with widely different operating systems. It belongs to the application layer of the Internet protocol suite.
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