Transferring and Copying files over the Network

Question 1

What is SCP?

Answer 1

Secure Copy Protocol

Question 2

What is SFTP

Answer 2

SSH File Tranfer Protocol / Secure File Transfer Protocol

Question 3

Can we use ftp command to transfer files over a Network?

Answer 3

Yes, but it’s not recommended, information is not encrypted with this protocol.

Question 4

What command should we use to copy a file after we are connected to a server with sftp?

Answer 4

put

Question 5

How can we specify the user and the server with scp?

Answer 5

username@servername:/path/to/copy/file

Question 6

Name some UI clients for transfering file over the network

Answer 6

Filezilla, Cyberduck