Looking for secure file transfer software tools for your network? We explore the most popular SFTP clients to help you decide which one is right for you. Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) client ...

SFTP virtual roots allow system administrators to configure VShell to automatically transfer files to a remote SFTP server. Files uploaded to and downloaded from the SFTP virtual root never touch the ...

There are two major differences between Secure File Transfer Protocol and FTP. The first is that SFTP utilizes Secure Shell, or SSH, to encrypt all communications between the client and server.

One of the oldest still-working protocols on the Internet is FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Designed in the net’s earliest days, FTP never concerned itself with security. Later standards addressed this ...

A Secure File Transfer Protocol session is similar to a File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, session, but with the added security of encryption. When you use SFTP to make a connection to a server that ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. The more distributed ...