Re: web server for development
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Nate Bargmann wrote:
> [...]
> I would ask if their Web host supports Secure FTP, which is FTP using
> SSL, AIUI. I use it for my Web Host updates, in fact it was recommended
> by the host owner/operator.
Hope this doesn't just muddy the waters ... :)
There's a bit of a mess when it comes to file transfer protocols, and
their naming, but you've got it right:
"Secure FTP" is usually understood to be RFC-959 FTP over a TLS-encrypted
(formerly SSL-encrypted) connection; and is usually written as "FTPS".
This is not altogether different in concept to say "plain HTTP" and
"secure HTTP" (i.e. "HTTPS").
"SFTP" on the other hand, typically refers to "SSH File Transfer
Protocol" based on the RFC4254 "SSH Connection Protocol" (although it
might rarely also refer to RFC-913 "Simple File Transfer Protocol" --
but that might've gone the way of the dodo in anything other than
educational / historical contexts -- similar to say Token Ring networks,
or a PDP-11, etc).
SFTP (SSH) has basically zero to do with RFC959 FTP; and provided that a
target host already allows SSH logins, SFTP is quite likely already
there. I'm actually surprised a hosting party would recommend RFC-959
FTP at all (SSL or no); as it requires extra work to set up (FTP servers
usually aren't part of "base" install images, they're
insecure-by-default and take a bit of effort to secure, and so on).
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