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FTP and SFTP are unrelated protocols, the "secure" version of FTP is FTPS. Sorry to be pedantic, but it is a little confusing. Does 'secure = true' enable FTPS or SFTP (which is actually a protocol over SSH)? I'm hoping SFTP, but then how do you enable FTPS?



Good question, it is SFTP. The reason we made them look similar is that we did some user testing and end users are used to FTP clients having just a checkbox for "Secure" (which is typically SFTP). We followed that model.

Under the covers, it is a completely different protocol.




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