SFTP
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| - | SFTP...... | + | SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) is a secure method of trasferring files, from one computer to another over any network (such as the Internet or an intranet), because the data transfer happen in an encrypted fashion. |
| + | The encryption not allow to take network configurations, user names, passwords, SFTP commands and transferred files can be "sniffed" or viewed by anyone on the same network using a packet sniffer. | ||
| + | There are two computers involved in an files transfer a server and a client. | ||
| + | A system running the SFTP server accepts commands from a system running an SFTP client. Once connected, the client can do upload files to the server, download files from the server, manipulate or rename or delete files on the server and so on. | ||
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| + | Here follows an example of a command line access | ||
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| + | [[Image:SFTPConnection.png|right|500px|Connect to SFTP Server]] | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 21 June 2007
SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) is a secure method of trasferring files, from one computer to another over any network (such as the Internet or an intranet), because the data transfer happen in an encrypted fashion. The encryption not allow to take network configurations, user names, passwords, SFTP commands and transferred files can be "sniffed" or viewed by anyone on the same network using a packet sniffer. There are two computers involved in an files transfer a server and a client. A system running the SFTP server accepts commands from a system running an SFTP client. Once connected, the client can do upload files to the server, download files from the server, manipulate or rename or delete files on the server and so on.
Here follows an example of a command line access
