How to secure ftp port.

Now to connect with ftp server you need to use secure ftp port 201 instead of default one.

 

# ftp 192.168.216.130
ftp: connect: Connection refused
ftp> bye

 

Now if you use secure ftp port which is 201. system responds with

 

[root@kalwa1 vsftpd]# ftp 192.168.216.130 201
Connected to 192.168.216.130 (192.168.216.130).
220 (vsFTPd 2.2.2)
Name (192.168.216.130:root): root
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp>
ftp>
ftp>
ftp> bye
221 Goodbye.
[root@kalwa1 vsftpd]#