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| 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. | 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. | ||
| - | WinSCP supports three file transfer protocols, SFTP, FTP and SCP. SFTP and SCP use SSH, thus they are secure. FTP is insecure. | + | 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]]. |
| - | 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! | + | 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! |
| - | Also read documentation to learn more about [[SSH]] and [[security|security in general]]. | + | Also read documentation to learn more about [[SSH]], [[ftps|FTPS]] and [[security|security in general]]. |