IT lexicon Networking SFTP

SFTP SSH File Transfer Protocol

Networking På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-23

File transfer over an SSH connection — encrypted from the first byte, no separate port.

Not to be confused with FTPS (FTP + TLS). SFTP is a different protocol, built on SSH. Default on Linux servers; standard clients: sftp, FileZilla, WinSCP, Cyberduck.

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