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Whats the difference between SFTP and FTP over SSH2?

April 26, 2017difference FTP SFTP ssh2

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Whats the difference between SFTP and FTP over SSH2?

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In an SFTP transfer, the SSH2 server both encrypts the data and handles the file transfer itself. This is true for VShell® as well as OpenSSH and other UNIX or Linux servers. FTP over SSH2 uses the port forwarding capabilities of SSH2 to forward standard FTP over an encrypted tunnel, while the actual FTP file transfer is handled by a separate FTP server. As of version 3.0, only SFTP is supported. If you need FTP over SSH2, please contact us.