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<title>sftp</title>

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<authorgroup>
<author>&Ferdinand.Gassauer;</author>
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<releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo>
<date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date>

<copyright>
<year>2010</year>
<holder>&Ferdinand.Gassauer;</holder>
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<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year>
<holder>&tde-team;</holder>
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<abstract>
<para>
This handbook describes the sftp protocol.
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<keyword>TDE</keyword>
<keyword>sftp</keyword>
<keyword>protocol</keyword>
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<para><acronym>SFTP</acronym> is a Secure file transfer protocol.
<command>sftp</command> is an interactive file transfer program,
similar to ftp, but it performs all operations over an encrypted
<command>ssh</command> transport.  It may use many of the features of
<command>ssh</command>, including public key authentication and
compression.</para>

<para>Read the man page: <ulink url="man:/sftp">sftp</ulink>.
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