Connect to vsftpd securely with LFTP/SSL

Connect to vsftpd securely with LFTP/SSL:

This howto shows the steps needed to connect to an SSL enabled FTP server using Lftp.

FTP is normally an unencrypted transfer protocol, but adding SSL protects your password and data from being visible over the network. Quantact's ftp servers allow SSL connections such as these, which are the preferred way to connect.

To download and install LFTP, visit the projects website:
http://lftp.yar.ru/

Many distributions have an LFTP package, and either yum or apt-get may be used to install.

To use LFTP to connect to an FTP server with SSL enabled, use the following commands:

$ lftp
lftp :~> set ftp:ssl-force true
lftp :~> set ftp:ssl-protect-data true
lftp :~> connect backup.quantact.com
lftp backup.quantact.com:~> login $username

Or on the command line:

lftp -u $username -e 'set ftp:ssl-force true,ftp:ssl-protect-data true' backup.quantact.com