I am trying to log into filezilla for this exercise but am getting this error? Error: Received TLS alert from the serv

Filezilla recently made it a default requirement to use TLS rather than plain FTP for security reasons. You need to do one of the following.

1. Enable TLS from your server. Assuming you're using Apache, you can follow this guide - http://httpd.apache.org/mod_ftp/ftp/ftp_tls.html.

2. If you do not have the ability to enable TLS, see if the server admin can assist.

3. If all else fails, add the site via the site manager inf Filezilla and choose plain FPT for the connection type.

It has been a bit of a pain, since a majority of the FTP servers I have logged into have not used TLS, however it's somthing that developers should be working towards in order to optimize security.

Let me know if you need any clarification on the above.

Thanks for the answer. I tried to muddle my way through those suggestions but got nowhere. I'm afraid I don't even know enough to know what I don't know. The server that is hosting my site is something through cpanel (control panel?) from a student site. I couldn't find any of what you were talking about expect #3, and I couldn't get that to work either? Any other suggestions?

When you try Option 3, are you choosing plain FTP under the encryption type?

It should look something like this - http://4stor.com/CGapO

Yes. Thank you. The simple ftp was the trick.