What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows
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@bobbb127 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
... since it's somewhat unclear if the OP actually chose something.
This was the quote: "None, use Linux where SFTP is native and built in and configured for you right out of the box, ready to go, for free. This is a silly question. People need to stop asking it." Seems pretty clear what was chosen.
Now, in the time since then, OpenSSH (the same one used on Linux) has been integrated into Windows. So things have changed. Windows, if you already have it, running OpenSSH is just fine. Two years ago, it was not.
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@bobbb127 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
This is an old thread, but I wanted to chime in here and suggest Titan FTP Server since it's somewhat unclear if the OP actually chose something. Titan supports SFTP (and many other protocols) and is affordable and stable. Been using it for years now without any problem
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@dafyre Oh I love your MTG reference!
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What reason is there to ever need to use SFTP? We use it here and I don't understand why when dropbox and nextcloud exist. Maybe I'm missing something
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@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
What reason is there to ever need to use SFTP? We use it here and I don't understand why when dropbox and nextcloud exist. Maybe I'm missing something
Isn't SFTP just SSH?
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@coliver said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
What reason is there to ever need to use SFTP? We use it here and I don't understand why when dropbox and nextcloud exist. Maybe I'm missing something
Isn't SFTP just SSH?
Sorry, I mean specifically for file transfer via something like FileZilla. Seems super outdated.
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@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
@coliver said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
What reason is there to ever need to use SFTP? We use it here and I don't understand why when dropbox and nextcloud exist. Maybe I'm missing something
Isn't SFTP just SSH?
Sorry, I mean specifically for file transfer via something like FileZilla. Seems super outdated.
Ah, I guess it depends on the use case? I use SCP/SFTP regularly to move files back and forth between servers and my workstation if need be.
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I have clients that send and receive backend data via SFTP.
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I guess my question is why use that specifically instead of something else? What benefit does it have?
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@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
I guess my question is why use that specifically instead of something else? What benefit does it have?
Since it's just SSH it's installed on literally every Linux box in the world by default.
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@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
I guess my question is why use that specifically instead of something else? What benefit does it have?
It is poitn to point and does not need a third party service.. Drop box and the like are sync services with some sharing capabilities.
THey are not file transfer services.
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I'd much rather use Nextcloud than SFTP personally, but that is for a few different reasons. We are almost entirely Windows here, even though @coliver made a good point. Also, I have to transfer files to people who have never used SFTP and generally don't get it. Installing a client and changing port numbers is beyond some of the people that require the data. It would be so much more conducive to just provide a link with a password and expiration date. Idk.
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@jaredbusch said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
Idk.
Obviously.
This isn't the time for foreplay Jared
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@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
@jaredbusch said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
Idk.
Obviously.
This isn't the time for foreplay Jared
You were clearly told the difference between those tools. Just because you cannot understand, does not invalidate the difference.
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@jaredbusch said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
@jaredbusch said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
Idk.
Obviously.
This isn't the time for foreplay Jared
You were clearly told the difference between those tools. Just because you cannot understand, does not invalidate the difference.
I understand the difference between the tools. I commented on why I would want to use Nextcloud over it for my specific use-case.
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@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
I guess my question is why use that specifically instead of something else? What benefit does it have?
Universal, direct, secure.
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@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
I'd much rather use Nextcloud than SFTP personally, but that is for a few different reasons. We are almost entirely Windows here, even though @coliver made a good point. Also, I have to transfer files to people who have never used FTP and generally don't get it. Installing a client and changing port numbers is beyond some of the people that require the data. It would be so much more conducive to just provide a link with a password and expiration date. Idk.
FTP is not related to SFTP. Totally different things.
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@wirestyle22 said in What is the Best SFTP Server for Windows:
Also, I have to transfer files to people who have never used FTP and generally don't get it. Installing a client and changing port numbers is beyond some of the people that require the data. It would be so much more conducive to just provide a link with a password and expiration date. Idk.
No client needed. No port stuff needed. And not at all related to the question.
It's like asking what's the best way to fix and car and the answer being "I'd rather just eat dinner."
