<s>
This	O
article	O
lists	O
communication	O
protocols	O
that	O
are	O
designed	O
for	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
over	O
a	O
telecommunications	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Protocols	O
for	O
shared	B-General_Concept
file	B-Application
systems	I-Application
—	O
such	O
as	O
9P	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Network	B-Protocol
File	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
—	O
are	O
beyond	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
this	O
article	O
,	O
as	O
are	O
file	B-Application
synchronization	I-Application
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
packet-switched	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
transmits	O
data	O
that	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
units	O
called	O
packets	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
packet	B-Protocol
comprises	O
a	O
header	B-General_Concept
(	O
which	O
describes	O
the	O
packet	B-Protocol
)	O
and	O
a	O
payload	O
(	O
the	O
data	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Internet	O
is	O
a	O
packet-switched	B-Protocol
network	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
protocols	O
in	O
this	O
list	O
are	O
designed	O
for	O
its	O
protocol	B-Protocol
stack	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
IP	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
use	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
transport	B-Architecture
layer	I-Architecture
protocols	O
:	O
the	O
Transmission	B-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
TCP	O
)	O
or	O
the	O
User	B-Protocol
Datagram	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
(	O
UDP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
tables	O
below	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Transport	B-Architecture
"	O
column	O
indicates	O
which	O
protocol(s )	O
the	O
transfer	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
uses	O
at	O
the	O
transport	B-Architecture
layer	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
protocols	O
designed	O
to	O
transmit	O
data	O
over	O
UDP	O
also	O
use	O
a	O
TCP	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
for	O
oversight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Server	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
"	O
column	O
indicates	O
the	O
port	B-Protocol
from	O
which	O
the	O
server	B-Application
transmits	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
this	O
port	B-Protocol
differs	O
from	O
the	O
listening	O
port	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
protocols	O
—	O
including	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
Secure	I-Protocol
,	O
FASP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Tsunami	B-Protocol
—	O
listen	O
on	O
a	O
"	O
control	O
port	B-Protocol
"	O
or	O
"	O
command	O
port	B-Protocol
"	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
they	O
receive	O
commands	O
from	O
the	O
client	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Protocol	O
Original	O
author	O
First	O
published	O
Protocol	B-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
Standard	O
Full	O
name	O
Abbreviation	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
BT	B-Protocol
Bram	O
Cohen	O
2001	O
CCSDS	B-Protocol
File	I-Protocol
Delivery	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
CFDP	B-Protocol
2002	O
Cross	B-Application
File	I-Application
Transfer	I-Application
CFT	B-Application
Ether	B-Protocol
File	I-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
EFTP	B-Protocol
John	O
Shoch	O
1979	O
PARC	B-Protocol
Universal	I-Protocol
Packet	I-Protocol
Fast	B-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
Secure	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
FASP	B-Protocol
Ying	O
Xu	O
,	O
Michelle	O
Munson	O
,	O
Serban	O
Simu	O
2007	O
File	O
Delivery	O
over	O
Unidirectional	O
Transport	B-Architecture
FLUTE	O
Internet	O
Society	O
2004	O
File	B-Protocol
Service	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
FSP	B-Protocol
Wen-King	O
Su	O
1991	O
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Access	I-Protocol
and	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
FTAM	B-Protocol
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
FTP	B-Protocol
Abhay	O
Bhushan	O
1971	O
Internet	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
FTP	B-Protocol
Secure	I-Protocol
FTPS	B-Protocol
Internet	O
Society	O
1997	O
Internet	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
HTTP	B-Protocol
Secure	I-Protocol
HTTPS	B-Protocol
Taher	O
Elgamal	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1995	O
Internet	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
Host	O
Unix	O
Linkage	O
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
HULFT	O
1993	O
Hypertext	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
HTTP	B-Protocol
Tim	O
Berners-Lee	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1991	O
Internet	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
Micro	B-Protocol
Transport	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
μTP	B-Protocol
Ludvig	O
Strigeus	O
,	O
Greg	O
Hazel	O
,	O
Stanislav	O
Shalunov	O
,	O
Arvid	O
Norberg	O
,	O
Bram	O
Cohen	O
2007	O
Multicast	O
Dissemination	O
Protocol	O
MDP	O
Multicast	O
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
MFTP	O
C	O
.	O
Kenneth	O
Miller	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1995	O
NACK-Oriented	O
Reliable	O
Multicast	O
Transport	B-Architecture
Protocol	I-Architecture
NORM	O
Odette	B-Protocol
File	I-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
OFTP	B-Protocol
Organisation	O
for	O
Data	O
Exchange	O
by	O
Tele	O
Transmission	O
in	O
Europe	O
1986	O
X.25	B-Protocol
Odette	B-Protocol
File	I-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
2	I-Protocol
OFTP2	B-Protocol
Organisation	O
for	O
Data	O
Exchange	O
by	O
Tele	O
Transmission	O
in	O
Europe	O
2007	O
X.25	B-Protocol
,	O
Internet	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
Reliable	O
Blast	B-Protocol
UDP	O
RBUDP	O
Eric	O
He	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2002	O
Remote	B-Application
copy	I-Application
rcp	B-Application
1982	O
Internet	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
Secure	B-Protocol
copy	I-Protocol
SCP	B-Protocol
Tatu	O
Ylönen	O
Secure	B-Protocol
Shell	I-Protocol
Secure	B-Protocol
Hypertext	I-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
S-HTTP	B-Protocol
IETF	O
Web	O
Transaction	O
Security	O
Working	O
Group	O
1999	O
Simple	O
Asynchronous	O
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
SAFT	O
Ulli	O
Horlacher	O
1995	O
Simple	O
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
SFTP	B-Protocol
Mark	O
K	O
.	O
Lottor	O
1984	O
Lottor	O
(	O
1984	O
)	O
,	O
pp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
,	O
13	O
SSH	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
SFTP	B-Protocol
Tatu	O
Ylönen	O
Secure	B-Protocol
Shell	I-Protocol
T.127	O
T.127	O
ITU	O
1995	O
Trivial	B-Device
File	I-Device
Transfer	I-Device
Protocol	I-Device
TFTP	B-Device
Noel	O
Chiappa	O
1980	O
Internet	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
Tsunami	B-Protocol
UDP	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
Tsunami	B-Protocol
Mark	O
Meiss	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2002	O
Tus	O
open	O
protocol	O
for	O
resumable	O
file	B-Application
uploads	I-Application
tus	O
Felix	O
Geisendörfer	O
,	O
Marius	O
Kleidl	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2014	O
UDP-based	B-Language
Data	I-Language
Transfer	I-Language
Protocol	I-Language
UDT	B-Language
Yunhong	O
Gu	O
2004	O
UDP-based	B-Protocol
File	I-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
UFTP	B-Protocol
Dennis	O
Bush	O
2001	O
Unix-to-Unix	B-Protocol
Copy	I-Protocol
UUCP	B-Protocol
Mike	O
Lesk	O
1979	O
Warp	O
Speed	O
Data	O
Transfer	O
WDT	O
Laurent	O
Demailly	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Managed	B-Application
"	O
column	O
indicates	O
whether	O
the	O
protocol	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
managed	B-Application
file	I-Application
transfer	I-Application
(	O
MFT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MFT	O
protocols	O
prioritise	O
secure	B-General_Concept
transmission	I-General_Concept
in	O
industrial	O
applications	O
that	O
require	O
such	O
features	O
as	O
auditable	O
transaction	O
records	O
,	O
monitoring	O
,	O
and	O
end-to-end	B-Application
data	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
table	O
below	O
,	O
the	O
data	O
port	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
network	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
or	O
range	O
of	O
ports	O
through	O
which	O
the	O
protocol	O
transmits	O
file	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
control	O
port	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
port	B-Protocol
used	O
for	O
the	O
dialogue	O
of	O
commands	O
and	O
status	O
updates	O
between	O
client	B-Protocol
and	O
server	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
column	O
"	O
Assigned	O
by	O
IANA	O
"	O
indicates	O
whether	O
the	O
port	B-Protocol
is	O
listed	O
in	O
the	O
Service	O
Name	O
and	O
Transport	B-Architecture
Protocol	I-Architecture
Port	B-Protocol
Number	I-Protocol
Registry	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
curated	O
by	O
the	O
Internet	O
Assigned	O
Numbers	O
Authority	O
(	O
IANA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IANA	O
devotes	O
each	O
port	B-Protocol
number	I-Protocol
in	O
the	O
registry	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
service	O
with	O
a	O
specific	O
transport	B-Architecture
protocol	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
table	O
below	O
lists	O
the	O
transport	B-Architecture
protocol	I-Architecture
in	O
the	O
"	O
Transport	B-Architecture
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
protocols	O
were	O
designed	O
for	O
serial	B-Protocol
communication	I-Protocol
,	O
mostly	O
for	O
the	O
RS-232	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
uploading	B-Application
and	O
downloading	B-Application
computer	B-Operating_System
files	I-Operating_System
via	O
modem	B-Application
or	O
serial	O
cable	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
by	O
null	O
modem	B-Application
or	O
direct	O
cable	O
connection	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UUCP	B-Protocol
is	O
one	O
protocol	O
that	O
can	O
operate	O
with	O
either	O
RS-232	O
or	O
the	O
Transmission	B-Protocol
Control	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
as	O
its	O
transport	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kermit	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
can	O
operate	O
over	O
any	O
computer-to-computer	O
transport	B-Architecture
:	O
direct	O
serial	O
,	O
modem	B-Application
,	O
or	O
network	O
(	O
notably	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
,	O
including	O
on	O
connections	O
secured	O
by	O
SSL	B-Protocol
,	O
SSH	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
Kerberos	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OBject	B-General_Concept
EXchange	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
protocol	O
for	O
binary	O
object	O
wireless	O
transfer	O
via	O
the	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
wireless	O
replacement	O
for	O
RS-232	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Protocol	O
Author	O
First	O
released	O
License	O
Description	O
BiModem	B-Protocol
Erik	O
Labs	O
1989	O
Bi-directional	O
transfers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BLAST	B-Protocol
Communications	O
Research	O
Group	O
1981	O
Powerful	O
protocol	O
originating	O
on	O
the	O
Data	O
General	O
Nova	O
minicomputer	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
ported	O
to	O
micros	O
and	O
mainframes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
C-MODEM	B-Protocol
Lavio	O
Pareschi	O
1989	O
Packet	B-Protocol
lengths	O
from	O
32	O
to	O
4096	O
bytes	O
,	O
optional	O
(	O
but	O
normally	O
used	O
)	O
streaming	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
B	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
CompuServe	O
1981	O
Offered	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
command	O
stream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JMODEM	B-Protocol
Richard	O
B	O
.	O
Johnson	O
XMODEM	B-Protocol
derivative	O
with	O
blocks	O
from	O
512	O
to	O
8192	O
bytes	O
and	O
RLE	B-Algorithm
compression	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
HS/Link	B-Protocol
Samuel	O
H	O
.	O
Smith	O
1991	O
Kermit	B-Protocol
Frank	O
da	O
Cruz	O
et	O
al	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1981	O
Open	O
Source	O
(	O
BSD	O
)	O
as	O
of	O
2011	O
Transport	B-Architecture
-	O
and	O
platform-independent	O
transfer	O
of	O
text	O
and	O
binary	O
files	O
across	O
full	O
-	O
or	O
half-duplex	O
connections	O
with	O
conversion	O
of	O
text	O
file	O
formats	O
and	O
character	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
da	O
Cruz	O
(	O
1987	O
)	O
p	O
.	O
3	O
LeechModem	B-Protocol
Sam	O
Brown	O
Variations	O
of	O
X	O
and	O
Y	O
that	O
faked	O
failed	O
downloads	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
BBS	O
download	B-Application
quotas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lynx	B-Protocol
Matthew	O
Thomas	O
1989	O
Similar	O
to	O
Kermit	B-Protocol
:	O
64-byte	O
packets	B-Protocol
,	O
2	O
to	O
16	O
packets	B-Protocol
per	O
window	O
,	O
CRC-32	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Little	O
or	O
no	O
support	O
outside	O
the	O
Lynx	B-Protocol
program	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NMODEM	O
L	O
.	O
B	O
.	O
Neal	O
1990	O
Essentially	O
XMODEM-CRC	O
with	O
2048	O
byte	O
blocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OBEX	B-General_Concept
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
A	O
synchronous	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
in	O
the	O
OBject	B-General_Concept
EXchange	I-General_Concept
(	O
OBEX	B-General_Concept
)	O
Bluetooth	B-General_Concept
profile	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
OBEX	B-General_Concept
Push	O
An	O
asynchronous	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
in	O
the	O
OBject	B-General_Concept
EXchange	I-General_Concept
(	O
OBEX	B-General_Concept
)	O
Bluetooth	B-General_Concept
profile	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Punter	B-Protocol
Steve	O
Punter	B-Protocol
Suite	O
of	O
similar-but-different	O
XMODEM-like	O
protocols	O
for	O
various	O
Commodore	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SEAlink	B-Protocol
Thom	O
Henderson	O
1986	O
A	O
MODEM7/XMODEM	O
-compatible	O
protocol	O
with	O
sliding	O
window	O
support	O
developed	O
to	O
avoid	O
propagation	O
delays	O
in	O
satellite	O
transmissions	O
and	O
packet	B-Protocol
networks	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMODEM	B-Protocol
Arisoft	O
TMODEM	B-Protocol
Mike	O
Bryeans	O
UUCP	B-Protocol
Mike	O
Lesk	O
1979	O
Suite	O
of	O
protocols	O
for	O
copying	O
files	O
between	O
Unix	O
machines	O
,	O
used	O
for	O
many	O
purposes	O
including	O
the	O
distribution	O
of	O
email	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
within	O
UUCP	B-Protocol
is	O
the	O
"	O
g	O
"	O
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MODEM7	O
Mark	O
M	O
.	O
Zeigler	O
,	O
James	O
K	O
.	O
Mills	O
1980	O
Slight	O
extension	O
of	O
XMODEM	B-Protocol
to	O
add	O
filename	O
support	O
and	O
batch	O
transfers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMODEM	B-Protocol
Ward	O
Christensen	O
1977	O
Very	O
simple	O
protocol	O
that	O
saw	O
widespread	O
use	O
and	O
provided	O
the	O
pattern	O
for	O
many	O
following	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glass	O
(	O
1988	O
)	O
p	O
.	O
87	O
WXMODEM	O
Peter	O
Boswell	O
1986	O
Version	O
of	O
XMODEM	B-Protocol
with	O
sliding	O
windows	O
for	O
higher	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glass	O
(	O
1988	O
)	O
p	O
.	O
89	O
YMODEM	B-Protocol
Chuck	O
Forsberg	O
1985	O
Series	O
of	O
optional	O
expansions	O
on	O
XMODEM	B-Protocol
for	O
higher	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZMax	B-Protocol
Mike	O
Bryeans	O
Modifications	O
to	O
ZMODEM	B-Device
to	O
allow	O
packets	B-Protocol
up	O
to	O
32	O
kB	O
in	O
length	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZMODEM	B-Device
Chuck	O
Forsberg	O
1986	O
Streaming	O
protocol	O
that	O
forsakes	O
XMODEM	B-Protocol
compatibility	O
but	O
offers	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
improved	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Protocol	O
Data	O
block	O
size	O
Datacompression	B-General_Concept
Error	B-Error_Name
detection	I-Error_Name
Transferresuming	O
Bidirectional	O
Sliding	O
window	O
BiModem	B-Protocol
BLAST	B-Protocol
84	O
-	O
1024+	O
RLE	B-Algorithm
CRC	O
C-MODEM	B-Protocol
32	O
–	O
4096	O
CRC	O
B	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
128	O
–	O
2048	O
CRC32	O
/	O
CRC16	O
/	O
8-bit	O
checksum	B-Algorithm
JMODEM	B-Protocol
64	O
–	O
8192	O
RLE	B-Algorithm
HS/Link	B-Protocol
CRC32	O
Kermit	B-Protocol
≤9024	O
(	O
negotiated	O
)	O
RLE	B-Algorithm
(	O
run	B-Algorithm
length	I-Algorithm
encoding	I-Algorithm
,	O
negotiated	O
)	O
Checksum	B-Algorithm
or	O
CRC16	O
(	O
negotiated	O
)	O
(	O
binary	O
files	O
only	O
,	O
negotiated	O
)	O
da	O
Cruz	O
(	O
1987	O
)	O
pp	O
.	O
</s>
