SFTP
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SFTP may refer to the following.

Relating to file transfer:
  • SSH File Transfer Protocol
    SSH file transfer protocol
    In computing, the SSH File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management functionality over any reliable data stream...

    , a network protocol designed to provide secure file transfer and manipulation facilities over SSH
    Secure Shell
    Secure Shell is a network protocol for secure data communication, remote shell services or command execution and other secure network services between two networked computers that it connects via a secure channel over an insecure network: a server and a client...


    • Secure File Transfer Program
      Secure file transfer program
      The sftp command is a command-line interface client program implementing the client-side of the SSH File Transfer Protocol as implemented by the sftp-server command by the OpenSSH project, which runs inside the encrypted Secure Shell connection....

      , 'sftp' on the command line, a true SSH File Transfer Protocol client from the OpenSSH project
  • FTP over SSH, the practice of tunneling an FTP session over SSH, sometimes called Secure FTP (rarely used, because FTP's normal 2-channel nature makes such tunneling difficult)
  • Simple File Transfer Protocol
    Simple File Transfer Protocol
    Simple File Transfer Protocol, as defined by RFC 913, was proposed as an file transfer protocol with a level of complexity intermediate between TFTP and FTP....

    , an unsecured and rarely used file transfer protocol from the early days of the Internet
  • Serial File Transfer Protocol, a protocol used to transfer files between a PC and an embedded device using RS-232
    RS-232
    In telecommunications, RS-232 is the traditional name for a series of standards for serial binary single-ended data and control signals connecting between a DTE and a DCE . It is commonly used in computer serial ports...

     or similar serial protocols


SFTP may also refer to:
  • Screened fully shielded twisted pair, a kind of network cable, in contrast to FTP and STP
  • Science for the People
    Science for the People
    Science for the People is a left-wing organization that emerged from the antiwar culture of the United States in the 1970s. A similar organization of the same name was founded in 2002....

    , a U.S. left-wing organization and magazine
  • Six Flags Theme Parks, chain of amusement parks and theme parks
  • Supplemental Federal Test Procedure, EPA required testing on OEM Vehicle Engines.

See also

  • FTPS
    FTPS
    FTPS is an extension to the commonly used File Transfer Protocol that adds support for the Transport Layer Security and the Secure Sockets Layer cryptographic protocols....

    , or "FTP over SSL", another name used to encompass a number of ways in which FTP software can perform secure file transfers
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