"SFTP is not FTP run over SSH, but rather a new protocol designed from the ground up by the IETF SECSH working group. It is sometimes confused with Simple File Transfer Protocol. [1]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol -- ME2 On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> wrote: > Wikipedia begs to differ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFTP) > > SFTP may refer to: > > Relating to file transfer: > > - SSH File Transfer Protocol, a network protocol designed to provide secure > file transfer and manipulation facilities over SSH, sometimes called Secure > File Transfer Protocol. This is typically meant in context of file transfer. > This is not an IETF standard, but a draft. > > - FTP over SSH, the practice of running an FTP session over SSH, sometimes > called Secure FTP. Rarely used, because FTP's normal 2-channel nature makes > such tunneling difficult. > > Cheers > Ken > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, 24 December 2008 4:24 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: File share >> >> Nit-pick: SFTP isn't 'FTP over SSH'. FTP over SSH, is just that - FTP >> tunneled-over SSH. SFTP is its own protocol. >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Glen Johnson <gjohn...@vhcc.edu> wrote: >> >> Guess I should have been clearer, non state owned computers cannot >> >> connect to our LAN so no VPN. >> > >> > SFTP isn't a VPN, it's the FTP protocol over SSH. >> > >> > You're still allowing access to resources on your network, of course, >> > but that's what WebDAV or anything else will do, too. >> > >> > -- Ben >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
