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.

I have a Linode running some older version of Fedora. I use SFTP for my file transfers from a Mac and it's either very slow or just doesn't connect consistently for transfers, with timeouts happening ...

A secure file transfer protocol, or SFTP, server is a computer system that contains files that you can remotely access via a secure connection using SSH. In a business environment, being able to make ...

Nearly everyone uses FTP for one reason or another. The problem is, FTP is a messy protocol that needs a lot of help to secure it. Let Thomas Shinder enlighten you. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is ...