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The Internet has added greater accessibility to Bulletin Boards. Instead of having to dial BBSes individually, many systems are now available via the Internet using the Internet protocol called Telnet. Telnet BBS systems allow greater flexibility for the bBs user since they call their Internet Service Provider as usual, then they use special Telnet Client Software to access Bulletin Boards on the Internet. Web-based BBS Systems. New technology is arriving to bring the Bulletin Board System to the Internet with full point-and-click accessibility and full color graphics. These systems are still in their infancy and their numbers are few. as this technology improves you will see more of these systems in 3.2.4 File Transfer Protocol (FTP) 1. An introduction to ftp FTP(File Transfer Protocol) is the Internet standard file transfer program. FTP enables you to transfer nearly any kind of file between most computers connected to the Internet by logging on to a remote computer solely for the purpose of file transfer In current times if you want to transfer a file to a friend, you can just attach it in an email and send it off. With high speed bandwidth being so cheap and plentiful to the home user, transferring a file in this manner is usually more than adequate. What if you needed to transfer the file to someone immediately; there could be no delays, it has to be fast, and the files you are transferring may be very large. In a scenario like this, email will most likely not be dequate. This is because most email providers limit the size of your mailbox on their servers the size of attachments you may receive, and that there is no guarantee when you send email how long it will take for the recipient to receive it or if it will even get there. 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This feature can save you a huge amount of time but is generally only found in specialized FTP client software and not in your browser software 2. How to connect to an FtP server There are two approaches to allowing users to connect to an FTP Server. The first is to make it so anyone can log in anonymously, otherwise known as anonymous FTP, or you can names and passwords to people that they must use to log in to the server The two most common ways to connect to an FTP server is with your Web Browser or with cialized FTP Client. To connect to a FTp server with your browser you would prefix the hostname you are connecting to with the ftp: //protocol statement. For example ftp://www.bleepingcomputer.comItwouldthentrytoconnectanonymouslyIftheserveryouBBS users notice these differences and never see all what the BBS was offering. These users have truly missed out. BBS software is currently under major re-development. Many developers are working towards making their BBS application look and feel just like the Web. Until these applications are ready, the traditional ANSI video graphic interface will just have to do. ▪ Traditional Dial-Up Based BBS Systems. Until recently, most Bulletin Board Systems used the concept of connecting personal computers together via modems using regular telephone lines. There are still a large number of "dial-up" based BBS systems in use worldwide. Accessing these dial-up BBS systems is different than accessing your dial-up Internet provider. You will need something known as Terminal Software that allows you to use your computer modem to "call" these BBSes via the regular telephone network There are many kinds to choose from. ▪ Telnet BBS Systems - BBS systems on the Internet. The Internet has added greater accessibility to Bulletin Boards. Instead of having to dial BBSes individually, many systems are now available via the Internet using the Internet protocol called Telnet. Telnet BBS systems allow greater flexibility for the BBS user since they call their Internet Service Provider as usual, then they use special Telnet Client Software to access Bulletin Boards on the Internet. ▪ Web-based BBS Systems. New technology is arriving to bring the Bulletin Board System to the Internet with full point-and-click accessibility and full color graphics. These systems are still in their infancy and their numbers are few. As this technology improves you will see more of these systems in use. 3.2.4 File Transfer Protocol (FTP) 1. An Introduction to FTP FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the Internet standard file transfer program. FTP enables you to transfer nearly any kind of file between most computers connected to the Internet by logging on to a remote computer solely for the purpose of file transfer. In current times if you want to transfer a file to a friend, you can just attach it in an email and send it off. With high speed bandwidth being so cheap and plentiful to the home user, transferring a file in this manner is usually more than adequate. What if you needed to transfer the file to someone immediately; there could be no delays, it has to be fast, and the files you are transferring may be very large. In a scenario like this, email will most likely not be adequate. This is because most email providers limit the size of your mailbox on their servers, the size of attachments you may receive, and that there is no guarantee when you send email how long it will take for the recipient to receive it or if it will even get there. This is where FTP comes in. FTP stands for the File transfer protocol and is used to transfer files between an FTP server and another computer. In the past, FTP was much more common than it is today and was the dominant file transfer mechanism on the Internet. If you needed to transfer files between two computers, you would use FTP to do so. FTP is still very popular today when a service requires that a lot of files be hosted for other to people to download. FTP also tends to be faster than other contemporary methods of transferring files because it was designed to do so. Even more important, FTP support Automatic Resume. This means that if you are downloading the latest new game demo that is over 600 megs, and for some reason the download stops in the middle of the transfer, the ftp client will attempt to on the next download of the same file, to continue from where you left off. This feature can save you a huge amount of time but is generally only found in specialized FTP client software and not in your browser software. 2. How to Connect to an FTP Server There are two approaches to allowing users to connect to an FTP Server. The first is to make it so anyone can log in anonymously, otherwise known as anonymous FTP, or you can assign user names and passwords to people that they must use to log in to the server. The two most common ways to connect to an FTP server is with your Web Browser or with a specialized FTP Client. To connect to a FTP server with your browser you would prefix the hostname you are connecting to with the ftp:// protocol statement. For example, ftp://www.bleepingcomputer.com. It would then try to connect anonymously. If the server you