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FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is probably one of the oldest, most useful, and easiest-to-use Internet applications. FTP software allows you to upload and download files from computers throughout the world. Windows 95 and 98 include FTP software, but it uses a command-line interface, so most users prefer other GUI-based FTP software such as WS_FTP Professional. You can download the shareware version from www.ipswitch.com/Products/WS_FTP/index.html. WinFTP is a popular Windows FTP program that you can download from www.winsite.com/info/pc/win3/programr/winftp.zip. File Dog at www.edgepub.com/fd is FTP shareware for Windows that has been highly rated by PC Magazine. File Dog makes a free evaluation copy available to potential users. You can read about and download an evaluation copy of another popular program, CuteFTP, at www.cuteftp.com. Macintosh users can look for a program called Fetch at www.dartmouth.edu/pages/softdev/fetch.html, which is free for users affiliated with an educational institution or nonprofit organization.


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Anonymous FTP   This chapter from Zen and the Art of the Internet introduces the basic concepts and commands that are used in FTP. It explains how anonymous FTP allows people to access files made available on public archives and provides some information about how to find these archives through Archie searches. You can find a Web-enabled Archie query form at archie.rutgers.edu/archie.html

Swedish University Network (SUNET) FTP archive   If you want to explore a public FTP archive, SUNET's archive has many different categories of files. You can find mirrors of the Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing and The Hardware Book here. You can find game, art, and music files. You can find Usenet FAQs and Internet RFC files. You can find Java, Lisp, and Perl files here. While you can browse the archive through it's index, this site also has a text-based search interface.


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