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| 2005-10-30 | 2005-11-01 | ||
| old revision restored (martin) (hidden) | 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 ===== | ||