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What does the “Default” interface do?

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What does the “Default” interface do?

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An interface is simply an IP address that the FTP Server is listening on. It can be an IPv4 or IPv6 address. The “Default” interface represents the settings that will be applied for newly detected interfaces. When a new interface is detected, that interface it assigned the values of the “Default” interface at the time of detection. For example, If the “Default” interface was defined to be on port 21, then all interfaces detected will receive that value the first time they are detected. Those settings then become the settings for the newly detected interface. Note that the new interface’s settings are not linked to the “Default” interface in any way. The “Default” interface simply represents the values that newly detected interfaces will be initialized with. Changing the values of the “Default” interface wouldn’t change any values on existing or previously detected interfaces. When you first install Cerberus FTP Server, the “Default” interface is set to port 21 (the default FTP listenin

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