Google Chrome has no support for File Transfer Protocol

Google Chrome will stop supporting all FTP addresses from the fixed one version of Chrome 80 and beyond, while the company plans to completely retire FTP-related code from Chrome 82.

Το πρωτόκολλο μεταφοράς αρχείων (FTP από το File Transfer Protocol *) που χρησιμοποιείται από τους ιστότοπους για τη μεταφόρτωση και τη λήψη αρχείων είναι αρκετά παλιό και δεν διαθέτει κρυπτογράφηση. Ωστόσο ορισμένοι κατασκευαστές υπολογιστών διαθέτουν programs driver or even firmware updates from FTP sites, which is not secure.

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In Chrome 76, if you try to access the pictures or PDF files on FTP sites, it can be downloaded, but the files cannot be displayed by the browser (you cannot read them online, before they are downloaded). However, Chrome still displays directory listings of the contents of an FTP server.

But today, Google he said its intention to stop generally supporting FTP URLs in Google Chrome.

Company employee Justin Tervay says that the current implementation of FTP code in Chrome does not support encrypted connections. With minimal use of FTP addresses in Chrome and the various FTP client applications available on all platforms, Tervay says "it makes no sense to invest in FTP support."

So the team Chromium's development team has completely removed support for accessing FTP addresses, investing more in secure HTTPS addresses.

The company plans to remove directory listing and downloading via Google Chrome from unencrypted links in accordance with the timetable displayed here (Google doc).

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