What is SFTP?????

ryan · Jan 23rd, 2008, 15:26

Hi all,
I am new in programming and I just joined a company that offers secure file transfer software components. So I firstly want to gather some selective information on why should I use Secure FTP instead of FTP? And why is SFTP better than FTP?
Thanks in advance!

welshstew · Jan 25th, 2008, 09:38

SFTP means secure file transfer protocol, and it means that you are able to transfer data across the network in a secure manner, rather than unsecure (which is what FTP does).

check out this list of FTP and SFTP clients from wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_FTP_clients

bobby12 · Today, 11:03

SFTP is a network protocol that allows you to transfer files and do things like change the permissions of a remote file. ...

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