how do i create a secure FTP transfer to my server. i have an ssl but it doest seem to work with FTP. help!?

Question

I have a windows dedicated server and i am trying to set up a secure
FTP process so i can transfer a file to this server securly. I have a
cirtificate for the website. I have installed filezilla server on the
win server. When i create the FTP connection, all i get is a self
signed cirtificate (i cant seem to get the SSL to make the FTP
connection secure). Does anyone have any suggestions here?

Answer 1

I don't have experience with Filezilla as I work primarily with Linux-based hosts, though I'm doing development on a W2K machine. Even though I have SSH support via FTP clients that support secure connections (CuteFTP, Dreamweaver), I like the complete control that comes from managing the secure shell connection manually, and it occurred to me that experimenting with that may help you narrow down what the issue might be.

Have a look at the Putty telnet/ssh client (which also works well for securing ALL telnet-based connections such as FTP, HTTP, and direct connections to MySQL and other database servers.