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Clarifying SFTP vs FTP/S
Authored by: jeremyp on May 30, '06 09:13:52AM

There are two separate secure file transfer protocols with FTP in the name.

SFTP is an FTP like client for transferring files over an ssh connection, similar to
scp but using FTP like semantics. The server side of SFTP is built in to the ssh
server which is why it works without the FTP server running.

FTP/S is real FTP but running over an SSL or TLS secured connection. Often
free FTP clients and servers do not have the capability to support FTP/S.

Personnally I don't use either protocol, scp is perfect for my needs. You can,
by the way, run openssh server in a Windows environment as long as you
install cygwin.



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