Question : FTP to multiple locations at the same time

Is it possible to FTP a file to many locations at once, in parallel?

I expect them to each be websites owned by my company, and better still, I have not yet selected the ISP for this product.  So if it will require a particular transgfer technology, I could shop the ISP market for the right ones.

And how about releasing the same web service to multiple locations?  Would that just be a matter of FTP'ing certain files?

Also, I would like the transmission secure.  Does that mean SSL, or is there some other way?

Is there a different way other than FTP?

thanks,
newbieweb

Answer : FTP to multiple locations at the same time

> Is it possible to FTP a file to many locations at once, in parallel?

Yes. You don't have to shop for a specific ISP to support it, it's a pretty basic function.

> And how about releasing the same web service to multiple locations?  Would that just be a matter of FTP'ing certain files?

This depends on how a particular web service is built - i.e. what technologies were used.

> Also, I would like the transmission secure.  Does that mean SSL, or is there some other way?

There are FTPS and sftp, both secure implementations of FTP.