Although plain File Transfer Protocol (FTP) has been the data transfer solution of choice for several decades, it’s no longer fit for today’s business environments. With so many business processes now involving sensitive data, file transfer workflows are now at risk of various threats. And because plain or standard FTP is inherently plagued with serious vulnerabilities, it’s important to replace it with more secure alternatives. In this post, we’ll talk about how you can take advantage of two secure FTP options and make them even more suitable for transferring sensitive information.
Topics:
Secure File Transfer,
SFTP,
FTPS,
FTP
When users attempt to connect to your Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server for the first time, they’ll see an alert indicating that their client doesn’t recognize the host it’s connecting to. The warning usually includes a line that shows a key fingerprint and a prompt that asks the user whether to proceed with the connection attempt or not. Here are two examples illustrating what we’re referring to.
Topics:
Secure File Transfer,
SFTP,
key fingerprint,
ssh,
Authentication
Automated secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) file transfers are traditionally done through scripts, but there's a much easier way. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to automate SFTP file transfers without scripting a single line of code.
Topics:
JSCAPE MFT,
Managed File Transfer,
Business Process Automation,
Tutorials,
Secure File Transfer,
SFTP,
Triggers
For the past few decades, many organizations have used the secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) as their main file transfer solution. It’s more secure and less prone to connectivity issues than the archaic file transfer protocol (FTP). However, it’s becoming increasingly clear that SFTP is also starting to age and hit limitations. Companies struggle to meet today’s business needs and use cases with purely SFTP-based solutions.
Topics:
JSCAPE MFT,
SFTP,
sftp server,
mft solutions
Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) and Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) are both widely accepted alternatives to the enduring but highly vulnerable File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Since both protocols run on Secure Shell (SSH), IT professionals working with SSH-oriented platforms, such as Linux or UNIX, are often faced with the dilemma of choosing between the two when implementing secure file transfers. If you’re in a similar predicament, this post should help you make the right choice.
Topics:
Secure File Transfer,
SFTP,
File transfer,
SCP
In one of our previous posts, we talked about the importance of authenticating an SFTP host before logging into it and how to use the host's RSA key fingerprint to carry out the authentication. The same principle applies when you import a user's client key for public key authentication. If you'd like to walk through it with an expert, request a free trial.
Topics:
JSCAPE MFT,
Managed File Transfer,
Secure File Transfer,
SFTP
When you’re troubleshooting connectivity issues between Secure Shell (SSH)/Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) clients and servers, it pays to inspect the error messages generated on both sides of a connection. Those messages often provide vital clues about the problem. If your error messages involve the Diffie-Hellman-Group1-SHA1 key exchange algorithm, you’ll want to stick around. In the succeeding sections, we’ll be discussing the underlying cause of this particular issue and how to fix it.
Topics:
Secure File Transfer,
SFTP,
Diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
What is SFTP? SFTP is a file transfer protocol that’s normally packaged with Secure Shell (SSH), the network protocol most IT administrators use to access and manage remote Linux, UNIX and macOS machines in a secure manner. Most of these systems already have built-in support for OpenSSH, an open source implementation of SSH. Even later versions of Windows Server support OpenSSH.
Topics:
SFTP,
FTPS
Overview The strength of an encryption largely depends on two components: 1) the cipher and 2) the length of the key. We already discussed key lengths in an older post. So today, let's talk about the other component.
Topics:
JSCAPE MFT,
Secure File Transfer,
SFTP,
FTPS
Overview Let's say you want to install an SSH FTP server (SFTP) on a Linux machine devoid of a GUI. However, after installation, you don't want to configure it (add users, create keys, enable public key authentication, choose algorithms, etc.) locally, moreso via the SFTP client. Instead, you want this SFTP server to be configured remotely through a graphical Web user interface. This is how we recommend you do it.
Topics:
JSCAPE MFT,
Managed File Transfer,
Tutorials,
Secure File Transfer,
SFTP
