SFTP

[RomanChrome]

Hey guys, so I recently ordered a laptop that I'm gonna be using a lot. I'm also quite a disk hog, so I decided to set up an FTP server that I can access. Since standard FTP is not secure, and I'm going to be using this machine on public networks, I decided to go ahead and find some software to run an SFTP server. After searching the internet to find software suitable that'll run on Windows and host my entire drive, I've come up short. Does anyone know any good software for Windows that can be used for hosting an SFTP server? I'd prefer if it had a GUI. Thanks!

[Mira Yurizaki]

https://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_windows_ftps_server

 

Have you tried this?

[RomanChrome]

Yep, and I think (tell me if I'm wrong) that that uses FTPS which isn't the same as SFTP. I'm sorry if I'm incorrect.

[System Error Message]

SSL with FTP is a sure way to use a lot of CPU, its not an issue though as even a phenom ii x4 can do 1Gb/s SFTP with some CPU to spare from my experience.

[brwainer]

FTPS is FTP with SSL. SFTP is actually SSH based, which also uses SSL, but does things differently. Someone else was looking for an SFTP server on Windows recently and I believe the only one that was found was a paid software package.

 

Is there a reason why SMB can't be used? SMB 3 is very secure (equivalent to SSH and SFTP), and SMB 2 is reasonably secure. The only version that *should not* be used is CIFS/SMB1.0, which Microsoft recently disabled via an update a few months ago because they really don't want people using it.

[Undergrid]

Have you seen this?