Commands for TLS support

A number of FTP client commands are of significance for TLS support. The table below lists these commands and includes a brief description of their functionality. Detailed descriptions of these commands can be found in the section “Overview of commands (FTP client)”.

Command	Functionality	Page
open	With enabled TLS security for the control connection: Open TLS-secured connection to a remote system.	165
private	Enable/disable TLS security for the data connection.	169
protect	Enable/disable TLS security for the control connection.	171
readopt	Read in option file.	179
status	Show whether the data connections are secured with TLS, a control connection exists, whether this is encrypted and, if appropriate, which algorithm is used for encryption.	196

FTP client commands in the context of TLS support

The settings for TLS security made via FTP client command have priority over those specified in the options.