GridFTP is normal FTP with GSI security added. That means that instead of transmitting passwords, it transmits X.509 certificates and uses a PKI to authenticate identity.
The Globus implementation has a few features that are allowed in the FTP spec but not normally provided, e.g.:
- third party transfers (ndoe A commands a transfer from node B to node C);
- multiple parallel streams;
- tuning the packet sizes.
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Topic revision: r1 - 2002-07-29 - 09:35:32 - GuyRixon
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