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| Despite SSH in its name, it is designed to work over any reliable data stream, but WinSCP supports only operation over SSH, which is also by far its most common usage. | Despite SSH in its name, it is designed to work over any reliable data stream, but WinSCP supports only operation over SSH, which is also by far its most common usage. | ||
| - | Being operated over SSH, it is secure protocol. In its basic functionally it is similar to old FTP, while having better designed advanced functionality. Unfortunately not all SFTP server implementation takes advantage of the advanced features, yet. | + | Being operated over SSH, it is secure protocol. In its basic functionally it is similar to old FTP, while having better designed advanced functionality. Unfortunately not all SFTP server implementations take advantage of the advanced features, yet. |
| Especially in its later versions (from 4 upwards), it is more platform independent, compared to both FTP and SCP. | Especially in its later versions (from 4 upwards), it is more platform independent, compared to both FTP and SCP. | ||