How do I use the public_ftp folder?

3 Points

2013-07-15 6:41 pm

This is really stupid not to have this. This is the first hosting company that I have ever used without it. If I had known, I would not have signed up for the service. Really really stupid not to have this feature.

12,339 Points

2013-07-15 7:39 pm

Hello abilityone,

For security reasons, we don't allow anonymous FTP logins, since it lets anyone upload files/folders to your account.

I wouldn't recommend to any host, especially a shared host to allow this level of access to the world.

For example, someone could upload a script that is used for kicking off malware/viruses, or upload a bunch of pharmaceutical adds and spam people with links to them.

If you want to allow FTP access for an additional person, you can simply create an FTP account in cPanel.

If you have any further questions, feel free to post them below.
Thank you,

-John-Paul

2019-05-23 9:32 am

17,314 Points

2019-05-23 4:15 pm

Hello Jonathan,

The main issue is basically that if you're using public FTP then the images can be accessed by anyone who can get to your FTP. So, one avenue of possible security risk is being hit by an artificially generated request for files- basically, a DDOS (Distributed Denial Of Service) attack. It's typically an attempt to overwhelm the server by numbers of requests. There's a pretty good discussion about IoT devices (and the best protocol for sharing files) in this forum. You may also want to contact the manufacturer to ask if there's a more secure way of handling files for your device.