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Secure File Hosting for
Business (SFTP)
Normal FTP as
concerns about privacy and confidentiality increase, integrating a secure
and reliable method of file transfer has become a critical business
process.
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The FTP in SFTP still means "File Transfer
Protocol", and the "S" makes it "Secure File Transfer Protocol" While
the name is similar, and it looks almost identical, it's actually
completely different and operates over an entirely different service
called Secure Shell or SSH. This is a network protocol that allows
data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked
devices. Used primarily on GNU/Linux and Unix based systems to access
shell accounts, SSH was designed as a replacement for Telnet and other
insecure remote shells, which send information, notably passwords, in
plaintext, rendering them susceptible to packet analysis. The
encryption used by SSH provides confidentiality and integrity of data
over an insecure network, such as the Internet. |
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In general, SFTP is technologically superior to
FTP. An FTP connection transmits data in a non-encrypted state,
whereas in SFTP the data and connection is fully encrypted during the
entire file transfer session. One of the benefits nowadays with
traffic shaping is that while ISP's have caught on to throttling on
FTP ports because large files are often sent there, they do not have
the same attitude towards SFTP traffic and those people sending files
from bandwidth throttling ISPs will likely find far superior
performance using SFTP.
SFTP is gaining steam as the most preferred method
of secure file transfer, particularly in infrastructures that uses
confidential data-transfers. Our Secure File Transfer services enable
you to move personal and confidential files quickly and securely to
any location around the world using a free SFTP client application
installed on your PC.
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FREE SFTP Client Softwares:
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