Google Chrome has no support for File Transfer Protocol

Ο , will stop supporting all FTP addresses from the stable version of Chrome 80 onwards, while the company plans to completely retire FTP-related code from Chrome 82.

The file transfer protocol (FTP from File Transfer Protocol *) used by websites to upload and files is quite old and lacks encryption. However, some computer manufacturers provide drivers or firmware updates from FTP sites, which is not secure.

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Google Chrome

In Chrome 76, if you try to access images or PDF to FTP sites can be downloaded, but files cannot be viewed from  browsing (cannot be read online before downloading). 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 his 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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  1. eeee let us cut off access… and the solution is uninstall and back to firefox or anyone else….
    If it is to open another browser to download drivers or things I want from pages that have them with ftp link… I would prefer to use a solution to do everything… and not to change from here and there…

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