SFTP vs FTPS – which is better?
As already noted, SFTP is built on SSH2, while FTPS is standard FTP over an SSL connection. FTPS has a number of advantages over SFTP. Security. Standard SSH provides a secure remote shell for the user, and includes a command called SCP (secure copy) which is used to implement FTP-like features in SFTP. The problem arises when you want to allow client SFTP access on a server but not SSH access. This is possible but very tricky (see SSH: The Definitive Guide). So if you are not very careful when you set up your servers, users on machines with the SFTP client installed will be able to use an SSH client to log into the server and execute commands. This is not a problem with FTPS. Flexibility. FTPS is a straight-forward extension to an existing FTP infrastructure. It is supported by most commercial servers and many open source servers (e.g. wu-ftpd and proftpd), so enabling FTPS on a server is usually just a matter of adding a few configuration options. There is no need to run additional s
