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I realize the article didn't say SFTP, but that couldn't be gathered from "secure FTP," as that's precisely what SFTP means?
by DatBear 12y ago
I realize the article didn't say SFTP, but that couldn't be gathered from "secure FTP," as that's precisely what SFTP means?
- runlevel1 12y agoSFTP is SSH File Transfer Protocol, and is actually its own protocol (not FTP over SSH). There's also FTPS, which is FTP with TLS. That's closer to "secure FTP," but as @segmondy pointed out, this isn't what they use. When I read it I thought the author was claiming plain FTP was secure too.
- hafichuk 12y agoAll of the banks I deal with use FTPS (which is called "secure" ftp). I have yet to deal with one that uses SFTP (ssh-ftp). http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/internet/difference-between-ftps-and-sftp/ http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/internet/differe...
- DatBear 12y agoI understand the difference, yet the term "Secure FTP" is most often used to refer to SFTP and not FTPS, in my experience. From wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol#Secure_FTP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol#Secure_F...) "The SSH file transfer protocol or secure FTP (SFTP)..." Multiple google searches also yielded similar language.