On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 01:00:05 +0000, Seymour J Metz  wrote:
>
>SFTP is not layered on SSH, but it is secure only when running under SSH or an 
>equivalent.
>
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol>
... , even though this protocol is described in the context of the SSH-2 
protocol, it could be used in a number of different applications, such as 
secure file transfer over Transport Layer Security (TLS) and transfer of 
management information in VPN applications. 

so, yes, but I have used it with:
    sftp -oPort=[mapped]22 user@host
apparently, in this case, layered on ssh.

-- 
gil

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