

The secure version of telnet is 'ssh' and that is the one you will use. It does not work on gl (or anywhere else nowadays). The older terminal program is called 'telnet' and is not secure. You access the pages on the Internet with the url:Ī terminal program is a program that allows you to open a window where you have a command line interface to a remote computer. Note that after you transfer html and graphics files to your account into the www directory, Check that you have your web directory (If not, you need to activate your web directory by running this script.
#Open terminal cyberduck windows how to
There are some good pages at umbc to show you how to use these secure FTP tools to publish your web pages:
#Open terminal cyberduck windows software
Note that you use a different one for the plain FTP software above. You use the host gl.įor any secure FTP software.

These are like FTP but encrypt the information that goes over the Internet and so is secure. The graphical software is availableįor Windows and Cyberduck works on both Windows and Mac. The secure versions of FTP (also called SCP for Secure Copy) are recommended for you to install. It is good to know about plain ftp, however, since it is on every machine and you can use it quickly without installing any software. Plain FTP is not secure and so although it works fine on gl, the secure ones explained below are highly recommended (use those below instead of plain FTP). Use the hostname ftp.gl.įor any plain ftp client. To review how to perform file transfer with command line FTP. A command line FTP client is included with MSWindows and all Unix or Mac machines. Command-line File Transfer and Terminal Software InstructionsįTP (File Transfer Protocol) is an insecure protocol for transferring files from one machine to another on the Internet.
