Direct network applications let a user access a remote host and use it as if it were local, creating the illusion that the network doesn't even exist (or at least, minimizing the importance of distance).ĥ History of FTP Indirect network use meant getting resources from a remote host and using them on the local system, then transferring them back. This work included both the design and implementation of the protocols that would implement internet, and also the creation of the first networking applications to allow users to perform different tasks.Ĥ History of FTP The developers of early applications conceptually divided methods of network use into two categories: direct and indirect. FTP general structure was established in The base specification RFC959 was published in 1985.ģ History of FTP The TCP/IP protocol was developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s Modern TCP/IP was the result of experimentation and development work that had been underway since the 1960s.

(RFC 114) in 1971, even before the TCP/IP was existed. 1 File Transfer And Access (FTP, TFTP, NFS) Chapter 25 By: Sang Oh Spencer Kam Atsuya TakagiĢ History of FTP The first proposed file transfer mechanisms were developed for implementation on hosts at M.I.T.

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