SFTP is definitely the favorite these days because of its robust security model and easier setup than traditional FTP and FTPS. SFTP is also considerably more firewall friendly than FTP because it only requires one port to establish a connection and carry out file operations.

Dec 6, 2013 · How do FTP, FTPS, SFTP, and SCP compare in terms of transfer rate and how can I compare them through testing?

Jul 9, 2010 · FTP is unencrypted. SSH is encrypted. SSH allows remote shell access as well as file transfer, whereas FTP only allows file transfer. Any data transferred via an unencrypted protocol has an unusual risk for eavesdropping, which could compromise both access to your system and the data being transferred. One of the primary applications of FTP at present time …

Feb 17, 2018 · scp and sftp run over the ssh server engine, whereas ftps is regular FTP with SSL wrappers on it. 3 totally different protocols. Oh, and you may be interested in sshfs - mount a remove server over SSH :)

Oct 13, 2009 · 15 SCP is the abbreviation of 'secure copy', while SFTP stands for 'secure FTP'. The first is used to copy one or more files, often with known names, from host A to host B, whereas the second is mostly used interactively, analogue to an FTP client. SCP will always work out of the box and has little in the field of tweakable options.

Jan 30, 2024 · For nearly 99% posts I find in google says that FTP - regardless of encrypted or not - will always be faster than SFTP, and I also find it reasonable. I spent multiple days over last few years configuring and scratching head why FTPS …

I understand that UNC (Uniform Naming Convention), SFTP, and SSH are different interfaces (protocols?) that can be used to upload files to a server. But feature-wise, how do they differ? Are there

Jul 15, 2011 · SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is not the same as FTPS (FTP-SSL). SFTP is intimately related to SSH, and has no relation, except in purpose and name, with FTP. Contrast with FTPS, which is simply the FTP protocol with SSL. The main difference is that SFTP only uses one stream, whereas FTPS, like FTP, uses at least two: a control stream, where the …

Have you considered a read-only iSCSI connection to your storage, with an event driven script to move the uploaded file to the storage via ftp/scp when a file is uploaded?

Aug 27, 2009 · Agreed, Rsync, SFTP and SSH seem to replace all NDM functionality in open, free and, most importantly, easy to understand, ergo secure, ways. NDM is too complex to use in any situation requiring a modicum of security unless it is a full time NDM position where people use it day in, day out and manage all aspects of it.