Encryption of traffic lets using of the FTP server in a public network safely (SSL - Secure Sockets Layer). At present most types of servers support the SSL FTP. Also there are freeware servers supporting SSL FTP (for example, FileZilla Server). Plugin SSL FTP allows using an ordinary FTP protocol with encryption. Functions of the plugin can be applied for the standard FTP protocol without encryption.
Thus the plugin SSL FTP can replace actions of FTP plugin.
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