The File Transfer Protocol offers a high transfer speed in detriment of the safety and integrity of the data, this is because the
FTP was not designed to be a secure protocol, the data transferred using
FTP is not encrypted (this is the reason of the high transfer rate), this means that all transmissions are in clear text, so the information can be easily intercepted. A list of
FTP vulnerability problems include: brute force attacks, bounce attacks, packet capturing and spoof attacks. If it is needed a high security around the transmitted data, the use of a
FTP server is not a viable option. If it is needed to transfer data in a more secure way, is preferred to use SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) or to use
FTP on a SSH connection.