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What are the differences between FTP, FTPS and SFTP?

Posted in May 2023 on the DeployHQ blog

FTP sends data unencrypted, FTPS wraps FTP in TLS, and SFTP tunnels file transfers over SSH. This guide compares all three protocols side by side, shows exactly what attackers see when you use FTP in production, and includes a step-by-step migration path from FTP to SFTP.