SFTP support [was: Re: Distribute beta versions of iOS app]

[Bob Sneidar]

It is also , unfortunately, the abbreviation for Simple File Transfer Protocol:

Simple File Transfer Protocol

Simple File Transfer Protocol (the second protocol abbreviated SFTP), as defined by RFC 913, was proposed as an (unsecured) file transfer protocol with a level of complexity intermediate between TFTP and FTP. It was never widely accepted on the Internet, and is now assigned Historic status by the IETF. It runs through port 115, and often receives the initialism of SFTP. It has a command set of 11 commands and support three types of data transmission: ASCII, binary and continuous. For systems with a word size that is a multiple of 8 bits, the implementation of binary and continuous is the same. The protocol also supports login with user ID and password, hierarchical folders and file management (including rename, delete, upload, download, download with overwrite, and download with append).

Who is running this circus anyway? ;-)

Bob S


> On Aug 18, 2015, at 14:33 , Peter TB Brett <peter.brett at livecode.com> wrote:
> 
> SFTP is not FTPS or FTP.  It's an unrelated file transfer protocol that runs over Secure Shell (SSH).