FPS Servers. What are they?

[SirQuesstionALot]

Hello all,

I recently watched a compilation video of a Reddit post and the poster mentioned that they uploaded files to an FPS server and i got curious as to what they are so I did some quick google searching and all i got results for were gaming centric server topics but it didn't seem like the right answer was to be found there so I came here because Linus told me to. (he didn't really lol) If someone knows the answer or you have questions for context I'd be happy to reply. Also I'm new to tech and to this forum so please be gentle lol.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

I think they user typed fps instead of a ftp.

 

A ftp server is for file hosting.

[SirQuesstionALot]

Does that entail stuff like standard text documents as well? I'm assuming yes because its a file hosting server but I'm noob to this stuff.

[NineEyeRon]

I agree, sounds like a FTP mistype 

[akio123008]

3 minutes ago, SirQuesstionALot said:

Does that entail stuff like standard text documents as well? I'm assuming yes because its a file hosting server but I'm noob to this stuff.

FTP: File Transfer Protocol is a protocol for, well, file transfer. You can upload any file to a server that uses this. (assuming you have the login credentials of course).

 

Using an FTP server is like using a geeky and difficult to use version of Google drive.

[SirQuesstionALot]

Ok so its kind of like having a NAS but maybe more advanced? I actually have a small desktop NAS myself so this is an informative discussion for me.

[akio123008]

4 minutes ago, SirQuesstionALot said:

Ok so its kind of like having a NAS

Not kind of, it's exactly that. An FTP server is a type of NAS.

 

A NAS in a home network typically uses a different protocol than FTP but you could run your home NAS as an FTP server if you wanted to. 

 

Usually people use FTP when they need access to the file server (NAS) from outside of the local network (so from the internet).

[TetraSky]

An FTP server is basically the ancestor of what we use and know today as "the cloud".
Except it was more clunky, not as secure and usually needed an extra software that you had to configure with your domain, settings, login info and what not, if you wanted to upload stuff to it, but could be accessed as a Read only with a browser.

[SirQuesstionALot]

Ok. Thank you this has been informative and thank you all for answering my question.

[trag1c]

You also have TFTP or trivial file transfer protocol which is a lightweight version that was used back when FTP was hard on computers. Still used on some embedded devices like Cisco switches and routers for uploading and backing up configuration images.

[akio123008]

Also one thing that might be good to add, these days when people are talking about FTP, they really mean SFTP, which is FTP combined with SSH. Old school plain FTP is unprotected, so all the files you send could be intercepted. SFTP uses encryption to prevent this, so almost everyone uses that now.

[SansVarnic]

FTP's (or SFTP) are used commonly by many types of people. Most uses today is utilized in courts, lawyer offices, private investigators, and the like.

Also ftp servers are used by individuals on personal networks that just need to site to site file transfers.

Cloud Servers have been over-taking and replacing ftp servers far and wide but are done by service such as by Microsoft One Drive, Google Drive, Drop Box, etc for example.

 

 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

18 minutes ago, SansVarnic said:

Microsoft One Drive

unrelated to teh rest of your post, but fuck it