What Can I Replace FTP With? Five of the Best Alternatives

FTP has been around for as long as I can remember; and according vĩ đại Rapid7 is still in widespread use today with over 21 million FTP servers on present on the mạng internet today.

Sadly this cornerstone of tệp tin transfer is woefully unprepared for today's world of data breaches and targeted hacking campaigns as it provides no protection for files in transmission or when stored on disk. Meaning that files are transferred in the clear, making them easy targets for interception and theft.

If this wasn't enough vĩ đại be concerned about, regulatory compliance laws have strengthened and continue vĩ đại strengthen, meaning old FTP servers which might be critical for business operations are becoming too high of a risk vĩ đại continue operating.

The good news however, is that there are alternatives - and in this blog post, we will cover five of these.

This extension vĩ đại the popular remote command execution protocol, SSH allows for files vĩ đại be transferred over a secure connection.

The major benefit vĩ đại SFTP is that it created and encrypted data stream between the client and server, meaning data sent between them is encrypted.

In addition vĩ đại this, SFTP supports two-factor authentication by way of a key exchange between client and server, vĩ đại identify themselves as the correct parties, in addition vĩ đại a username and possibly in combination or as a replacement vĩ đại a static password.

SFTP has become the de-facto replacement for FTP and is often incorrectly described as secure-FTP.

Despite SFTP being seen as the secure upgrade vĩ đại FTP, it is in-fact FTPS whom should hold this crown.

Much lượt thích SFTP, FTPS creates a secure connection between client and server for the transmission of files. With the difference being that FTP uses SSL, rather phàn nàn SSH, vĩ đại achieve this connection.

FTPS is lập cập in two modes - explicit and implicit.

Explicit FTPS is the standard today, with it largely overtaking implicit. Using the FTP port 21, explicit FTPS is customisable and can be configured vĩ đại use SSL when authenting, performing data transfer, in both cases or in neither case.

Whereas implicit FTPS, which is the stricter of the two, uses port 990 and creates an SSL/TLS tunnel as soon as the client connects vĩ đại the server. Using implicit FTPS means you can operate FTP and FTPS on different ports and thus having both options available.

AS2 is a popular protocol where EDI is use, that’s used vĩ đại transmit sensitive data securely and reliably over the mạng internet.

An upgrade vĩ đại the previous AS1 protocol, AS2 supports the encryption of messages that are then exchanged with a third-party using HTTPS.

AS2 utilises a secure TLS layer ví that files can be transferred from source vĩ đại destination over the mạng internet with encryption as well as digital certificates, used for authentication.

If you would lượt thích vĩ đại read more about AS2 tệp tin transfers,take a look at our blog on the topic.

Probably mostly well known as a secure protocol used vĩ đại serve up trang web pages onto a trang web browser, HTTPS also can be used for the transfer of files.

It encrypts a websites inbound traffic using an SSL/TLS session and thus encrypting the traffic between source and destination - keeping any files nice and secure. This is also the reason why all trang web payment pages (hopefully!) use HTTPS, as it prevents the interception of thẻ payment details.

HTTPS has become an incredibly popular protocol used for all manner of secure communication in recent years due vĩ đại its simple implementation and widespread knowledge of its configuration among IT teams.

The real evolution of tệp tin transfer is found in the MFT market, where solutions can include all the transfer protocols listed above; and can be turned on/off or assigned vĩ đại particular users and connections based on need.

Usually MFT solutions include features such as detailed auditability, on-disk encryption and interoperability with authentication sources such as LDAP or Microsoft Azure.

One such example of an MFT solution is the world-famous and award-winning MOVEit Transfer, which is used by more phàn nàn ten thousand companies worldwide. The benefits vĩ đại using MFT solutions are numerous but include:

• Flexible deployment on-site or in the cloud.
• Strong authentication including MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) vĩ đại protect from unauthorised access.
• Tamper-evident auditability ví that you can track every upload, tải về and access attempt.
• FIPS validated cryptography for tệp tin encryption vĩ đại protect files from theft.
• Deduplication and integrity checking vĩ đại ensure that tệp tin storage is efficient and correct.

Plus much more.

If you would lượt thích vĩ đại learn more about managed tệp tin transfer and the array of tools visit our product pages for MOVEit, GoAnywhere, Axway and Globalscape EFT.