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FTP TLS handshake failed

Why FTPS TLS handshakes fail and how to troubleshoot certificate and encryption problems.

Diagnose this automatically

Verify whether authentication is the actual failure point.

terminal

npx ftpmonitor check --protocol ftps --host ftps.example.com --port 21 --username user --password pass

Shareable output

terminal

npx ftpmonitor check --protocol ftps --host ftps.example.com --port 21 --username user --password pass --format slack --copy

TLS handshake failures occur before authentication when the secure connection cannot be established.

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