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Originally Posted by jaydorn
I would beg to differ. It may be a dumbed down version, but I'd still argue it's using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to move files from one computer to another via FTP as uppose to HTTP or any other protocol.
But we're splitting hairs here, I just think it's misleading to say FTP is not needed, a stand alone FTP Client may by be needed, but the underlying connection is still there.
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I am pretty sure the cpanel file manager is not FTP based.
edit: testing with Wireshark now
Confirmed. At no point does using the File Manager in cpanel use the FTP protocol, and when using Filezilla it clearly does.