Part III-6. TCP/IP GENERAL FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOLS
File and message transfer protocols represent the most basic type of network communication: the simple movement of blocks of data. Of the many file and message transfer methods, the most fundamental application is what I call general file transfer. General file transfer protocols perform one main function: allowing files to be copied from one computer to another.
Since file transfer protocols move files from place to place without much consideration of their contents, they are relatively unsophisticated compared with certain message-processing applications. However, the idea of being able to move files around is so important that general file transfer protocols were one of the ...
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