The traditional FTP protocol sends commands and data in “the clear” over the network/internet. This FTP data could be intercepted by an attacker, which could then be viewed and altered before sending it onto the receiver. If you are sending sensitive data over the internet, then you may want to consider the SFTP (FTP over SSH) protocol for securing data.

SFTP creates an encrypted tunnel between two computer systems and will protect against the following attacks:

• IP spoofing, where a remote host sends out packets which pretend to come from another, trusted host
• IP source routing, where a host can pretend that an IP packet comes from another, trusted host.
• DNS spoofing, where an attacker forges name server records
• Interception of cleartext passwords and other data by intermediate hosts
• Manipulation of data by attackers in control of intermediate hosts

SFTP is supported by most commercial servers and many open source servers (e.g. Linux). SFTP is a good protocol to use for transmitting large files since it compresses the data stream prior to encryption.

SFTP uses a combination of asymmetric (public key) cryptology and symmetric cryptology to provide strong encryption and optimal performance.

Transfer Anywhere can connect to SFTP servers for sending and receiving files.  These servers can be pre-configured in Transfer Anywhere and selected through simple drop-down menus.

Transfer Anywhere provides comprehensive FTP features for the most-demanding environments.

Standards Support for SFTP

Transfer Anywhere supports the following standards for SFTP.

Protocol

SSH 2.0 

The System i machine is also referred to as AS/400, AS400, iSeries and i5