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| Since version 3.0, WinSCP supports two secure transfer protocols, SFTP and SCP. Currently, many of the SSH servers support both protocols. Either of them have both advantages and disadvantages. This document contains their comparison to help you to decide which is most appropriate for your needs. The comparison lists either features that are characteristic to the specific protocol as-is, or features that are caused by the implementation of the protocol in WinSCP. | Since version 3.0, WinSCP supports two secure transfer protocols, SFTP and SCP. Currently, many of the SSH servers support both protocols. Either of them have both advantages and disadvantages. This document contains their comparison to help you to decide which is most appropriate for your needs. The comparison lists either features that are characteristic to the specific protocol as-is, or features that are caused by the implementation of the protocol in WinSCP. | ||
| - | The default mode of operation is to use SFTP and fall back to SCP. Both protocols have advantages and disadvantages. | + | The default mode of operation is to use SFTP and fall back to SCP. |
| ===== SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) ===== | ===== SCP (Secure Copy Protocol) ===== | ||
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| protocol suite. SCP is a descendant of the ancient "rcp". | protocol suite. SCP is a descendant of the ancient "rcp". | ||
| - | Protocol itself allows only file transfers in both directions. Other features of WinSCP are realized using common shell commands, like cd, ls, pwd, rm, ln, etc. For this, WinSCP, unlike command-line SCP clients, which allow only file transfers, requires full shell access and permission to execute other commands in addition to scp (see [[requirements]]). For access to non-UNIX operation system, it is necessary to have at least UNIX-like shell. One like that is for example available with [[&opensshwin|OpenSSH for Windows]]. | + | Protocol itself allows only file transfers in both directions. Other features of WinSCP are realized using common shell commands, like ''cd'', ''ls'', ''pwd'', ''rm'', ''ln'', etc. For this, WinSCP, unlike command-line SCP clients, which allow only file transfers, requires full shell access and permission to execute other commands in addition to ''scp'' (see [[requirements]]). For access to non-UNIX operation system, it is necessary to have at least UNIX-like shell. One like that is for example available with [[&opensshwin|OpenSSH for Windows]]. |
| ===== SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) ===== | ===== SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) ===== | ||