Questions[ftps](server)

right now, i would like to encrypt data tranmission over ftp. I considered sftp and fpts. After reading the www, I concluded there is a general tendency to favor sftp over ftps (eg. http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/.net/net_general/internet/article.php/c14329/FTPS-vs-SFTP-What-to-Choose.htm). Two main arguments:

• sftp is more advance/secure
• sftp is easier to configure one server side

However, our ftp-server will be used by customers, so there is some flexibility requirement involved here.

As the server is configured right now:

• FTP enables log in only with virtual users
• SSHD has been configured to only accept Private-Public key authentication

SFTP uses SSH and requires for these virtual users to have their private key. However, this conflicts with our flexibility requirement, as we don't want to saddle up the customers with the installation of a PP.

I must say, I have not tested this virtual user and SSH approach troughly, so I am not sure wether it is even compatible with virtual users.

So, given our flexibility requirement and the assumption that virtual users will work over SSH, which of the following solutions should I favor?

• Enable password authentication within SSHD for the virtual users
• Opting for ftps (which seems to be labeled as "deprecated" by vsftpd)

thanks

We setup vsftp on an Ubuntu server for our customers. We had a few customers ask for a secure option, so we setup explicit FTP over TLS and we removed the ability to connect unsecured. Now we are having customers ask how they can connect using the Windows command line FTP client, for which they have already created automated scripts around. Is it possible to use the Windows command line FTP client to connect to an FTP server that requires explicit TLS? We have searched the web and it seems that the solution is to use another client, such as FileZilla, but some of our customers do not want to use another client. We also do not want to force them to use another client. Maybe TLS isn't the best option for secure FTP?

This question is about "FTP over SSL", if I understand correctly FTPS and HTTPS are just the standard FTP and HTTP protocols running on top of SSL, is this correct?

The actual question is: is the certificate that you use for FTPS the exact same that you can use for HTTPS? or are there any differences?

To give you some context, I need to get a certificate for an FTPS server, I know I can generate one but it needs to be from an certificate authority, I just need to make sure that I can use the same type of certificate that we use here for HTTPS, otherwise need to know what type of certificate I need to get

We're setting up a web server at our workspace. In conjunction, we're planning to install an FTP server, however I'm stuck at what protocol to employ -- FTP, SFTP or FTPS. I googled around, trying to see what protocol offers what, coming across articles like this, but I can't make up my mind. Only simple, once-in-a-while file transfer is desired; however, security is a concern since the file server is intended to be accessible from the internet.

What protocol is the most apt for my use, and why?

I need to automate some transfers but it seems i can't find a decent command-line ftp client supporting FTPS for the windows platform? winscp supports SFTP but there's no good SFTP server for windows either, only FreeSSHDService which don't seems to be actively supported anymore.. therefore i want to use FileZilla Server which supports FTPS..