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	====== How do I know if the connection is secure? ======		====== How do I know if the connection is secure? ======
-	With WinSCP the connection is always secure. Simply, WinSCP knows only one protocol, SSH (Secure SHell), and it is secure. Whatever settings you change, you cannot make it connect unsecurely.·	+	Once connected, you can see a "lock" icon on the status bar. When it is highlighted (yellow), your connection is secure, when it is grayed, your connection is insecure.

-	Of course appropriate setting should be made on the server, in the first place. However secure is the client you use, if you still have open FTP or Telnet port on your server, you are not safe!	+	WinSCP supports three file transfer protocols, [[SFTP]], [[FTP]] and [[SCP]]. SFTP and SCP use [[SSH]], thus they are secure. FTP has secure variant, [[ftps\|FTPS]].
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		+	However, please ensure that the server you are connecting to is a secure server to start with -- WinSCP only secures a particular file transfer session from server to client and from client to server. If you still have open FTP or Telnet port on your server, you are not safe!
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		+	Also read documentation to learn more about [[SSH]], [[ftps\|FTPS]] and [[security\|security in general]].

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