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2005-09-02 2005-11-01
typos (martin) Clarified SFTP vs. FTPS, touched up English grammar, replaced SSH w/SFTP in last paragraph.. (199.20.71.17)
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SFTP is mostly operated as subsystem of SSH-2. SFTP is a SFTP is mostly operated as subsystem of SSH-2. SFTP is a
-newer and more modern protocol, designed to perform in a manner similar to FTP. It is widely supported, even on non-Unix-like platforms, but not nearly as universally as SCP.+newer and more modern protocol, designed to perform in a manner similar to FTP. It is widely supported, even on non-Unix-like platforms, but not nearly as universally as SCP.  Do not confuse SFTP  (based on SSH) with FTPS/Secure FTP (based on SSL); they are distinct protocols which do not interoperate.
-WinSCP supports version 0 (since 3.4), version 1 (since 3.4), version 2 (since 3.1), [[&sftp3|version 3]] (since 3.0 beta), [[&sftp4|version 4]] (since 3.2) and [[&sftp5|version 5]] (since 3.6.7) of the protocol. Support for version 5 is experimental as no server supporting the version is known and currently does not bring any new functionality. +WinSCP supports SFTP version 0 (since 3.4), version 1 (since 3.4), version 2 (since 3.1), [[&sftp3|version 3]] (since 3.0 beta), [[&sftp4|version 4]] (since 3.2) and [[&sftp5|version 5]] (since 3.6.7). Support for version 5 is experimental as no server supporting the version is known and it currently does not bring any new functionality.
-Unlike SCP, for connection with SSH server, you do not need access to shell. Thus it is more independent on remote operation system.+Unlike SCP, for connection with an SFTP server you do not need access to shell. Thus it is more independent of the remote operating system.
===== Protocol Comparison ===== ===== Protocol Comparison =====

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