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Secure FTP is a computing network protocol that is used to access and manage files on remote file systems. Secure FTP, or SFTP, also allows file transfers between hosts. SFTP encrypts both commands and data, preventing passwords and sensitive information from being transmitted in the clear over a network. <ref name="sftp">Indiana University https://kb.iu.edu/d/akqg</ref>
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Secure FTP is a computing network protocol that is used to access and manage files on remote file systems. Secure FTP, or SFTP, also allows file transfers between hosts. SFTP encrypts both commands and data, preventing passwords and sensitive information from being transmitted in the clear over a network. <ref name="Indiana">Indiana University https://kb.iu.edu/d/akqg</ref>
  
Secure FTP is a broad term that is used to describe two types of different technologies, FTPS and SFTP, that can encrypt and authentication and data files. <ref name="sftp">Coviant Software http://www.coviantsoftware.com/what-is-secure-ftp.php</ref>
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Secure FTP is a broad term that is used to describe two types of different technologies, FTPS and SFTP, that can encrypt and authentication and data files. <ref name="Coviant">Coviant Software http://www.coviantsoftware.com/what-is-secure-ftp.php</ref>
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 03:46, 13 November 2014

Secure FTP is a computing network protocol that is used to access and manage files on remote file systems. Secure FTP, or SFTP, also allows file transfers between hosts. SFTP encrypts both commands and data, preventing passwords and sensitive information from being transmitted in the clear over a network. [1]

Secure FTP is a broad term that is used to describe two types of different technologies, FTPS and SFTP, that can encrypt and authentication and data files. [2]

References

  1. Indiana University https://kb.iu.edu/d/akqg
  2. Coviant Software http://www.coviantsoftware.com/what-is-secure-ftp.php