Re: Does IIS support SFTP?

"tl" <tl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:147FDBF0-2F14-4D56-AECE-347C51CACED7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sure enough:
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/310/whats-new-for-microsoft-and-ftp/ contains
the welcome words:

"To clarify, Microsoft offers an FTPS solution. SFTP typically involves
using FTP over SSH. Microsoft does not provide any solution for securing FTP
traffic that uses an implementation of SSH. "

Technically speaking, that statement is wrong.

SFTP has nothing whatsoever to do with FTP, except that they both move files.

SFTP is an add-on component to an SSH solution. It adds file transfers to an existing SSH session.

FTP is all about file transfer, with no capability to run shell code like SSH. FTPS is adding a secure layer using SSL or TLS to an existing FTP session.

It may seem like a subtle distinction, but it does make the two completely independent and incompatible.

If you use "Secure FTP" to mean "FTP that has been secured", then you will be looking for FTPS. If you mean "I just want to transfer files encrypted", then you are looking for FTPS, WebDAV, SFTP, SCP, HTTPS, and probably a couple of dozen other protocols that can encrypt files in transit.

Alun.
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