Re: Plain FTP - Using Encrypted Authentication.

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:40 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Apparently there are the following:
FTPS (not in use here and no plans)
SFTP
FTP (plain)
FTP (with encrypted authentication)

Where did you get that list?

Based on the way you talk about "FTP with encrypted authentication",
what you really mean *is* FTPS.

Would I have to change that to use SECCNN(*IMPLICIT) on the FTP command?

That's for establishing an FTPS connection.

I think the default on FileZilla is "Use explicit
FTP over TLS if available".

Again, that's FTPS.

What you need to understand is that FTPS (also called "FTP over SSL"
or "FTP over TLS") *is* "plain" FTP, but over a channel secured by
SSL/TLS. (The relationship between SSL and TLS is roughly analogous to
the relationship between AS/400 and IBM i.)

SFTP is completely different, in terms of the plumbing. It only has
"FTP" in the name because the application-level interface resembles
FTP. In reality, it's best thought of as "file transfer via SSH".

Since you mentioned GoAnywhere, here is an explanatory blog post from
their site:

http://blog.goanywheremft.com/2011/10/20/sftp-ftps-secure-ftp-transfers/

John