How to use FTPS (without server validation)

The topic How to use FTPS (introduction) describes the FTPS features of SecureFTPConnection. This topic demonstrates the use of FTPS without server validation. Server validation should always be used in a production environment, but disabling it is a good way of getting started.

IMPORTANT: An FTPS compatible FTP server is required for this example. There are free FTPS-compatible servers available on Windows and *NIX platforms.

Using FTPS without server validation is simply a matter of setting the Protocol and ServerValidation properties as follows:

ftpConnection.Protocol = FileTransferProtocol.FTPSExplicit;
ftpConnection.ServerValidation = SecureFTPServerValidationType.None

The first line tells SecureFTPConnection that it is to use explicit FTPS and the second line that it should not try to validate the server's certificate.

After this a secure connection is established by simply calling Connect():

ftpConnection.Connect();