Mozilla plans to release Firefox 60 with a new preference to disable support for the FTP protocol. The preference is disabled by default so that FTP sites can still be accessed in Firefox 60.
FTP, just like HTTP, is on its way out. Browser makers, site operators and hosting companies move to newer protocols that support encryption among other things to better protect user data against spying and manipulation.
The next step in the migration from HTTP to HTTPS is the flagging of HTTP sites as insecure in browsers.
Google Chrome will do so in Chrome 68, and Mozilla plans to launch it in the
Firefox private browsing mode when Firefox 60 is released.
FTPS, also known as FTP Secure, FTP over SSL, or SFTP, is an extension to the FTP protocol.While most browsers support the FTP protocol, the same cannot be said for FTPS support.
Mozilla, for instance, never implemented the functionality officially in Firefox. In fact, the organization put the FTP protocol on life support more than 2 years ago
when it began to resolve security issues exclusively.
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