Secure file transfer protocol
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The term secure file transfer protocol can refer to both following protocols:
The ambiguity comes from the acronym for the SSH-based SSH File Transfer Protocol
having the same acronym as one of the terms referring to tunneling regular FTP connections over SSH: Secure FTP.
- SSH file transfer protocolSSH file transfer protocolIn 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 file transfer protocol specifically developed by the IETF to run over secure shell (SSHSecure ShellSecure 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...
) connections
- Secure FTP, the practice of running a normal FTP protocol session over SSH (FTP over SSH)
The ambiguity comes from the acronym for the SSH-based 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...
having the same acronym as one of the terms referring to tunneling regular FTP connections over SSH: Secure FTP.