Bbftp-client

Jul 20, 2023

Secure file transfer suite optimized for large files (client)

bbFTP is a file transfer software. It implements its own transfer protocol, which is optimized for large files larger than 2GB and secure as it does not read the password in a file and encrypts the connection information. bbFTP main features are

* Encoded username and password at connection
* SSH and Certificate authentication modules
* Multi-stream transfer
* Big windows as defined in RFC1323
* On-the-fly data compression
* Automatic retry
* Customizable time-outs
* Transfer simulation
* AFS authentication integration
* RFIO interface

bbFTP is open-source software, released under the GNU General Public License. It was written by Gilles Farrache at IN2P3 Computing Center in Lyon, France.



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