File Transfer Protocol is an older networking protocol for transferring files to network servers. Here's how to use it on your Mac. We previously covered the Terminal-based SCP protocol, which allows ...

There are two major differences between Secure File Transfer Protocol and FTP. The first is that SFTP utilizes Secure Shell, or SSH, to encrypt all communications between the client and server.

A secure file transfer protocol, or SFTP, server is a computer system that contains files that you can remotely access via a secure connection using SSH. In a business environment, being able to make ...