Question

My post title almost states it all: How do I download a file from an FTP server using FTP over SSL using .NET? I have read a bit and there are several 3rd party components to purchase that wrap up this functionality.

The deal is, this is a very specefic need and is not going to grow much, so if downloading a file from an FTP server using FTP over SSL can be done using the .NET Framework (i.e. System.Net namespace or something), then that would be best. I don’t need a ton of functionality, but if for some reason coding against a secure FTP server is a nightmare or not doable through the .NET Framework BCL that would be nice to know, as a 3rd party .dll might be best.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Like this:

var request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("ftp://...");
request.EnableSsl = true;
using (var response = request.GetResponse()) 
using (var data = response.GetResponseStream()) {
    ...
}