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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|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|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|FTP]], while having better designed advanced functionality. Unfortunately not all SFTP server implementations take advantage of the advanced features, yet. | + | Being operated over SSH, it is secure protocol. In its basic functionality it is similar to old [[ftp|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|FTP]] and [[scp|SCP]]. | Especially in its later versions (from 4 upwards), it is more platform independent, compared to both [[ftp|FTP]] and [[scp|SCP]]. | ||