Secure FTP?

[bonusgeek]

I'm gonna post this in the new casino affiliates section since I feel like a complete newb asking it after 5 years in the biz lmao.

Anyways by question is does anyone here use secure ftp when uploading their website files? I recently read that regular ftp shows usernames and passwords in plain text, so I am just curious how other webmasters upload files. I use dreamweaver for all my websites, but I have not been using secure ftp to upload files. How does the savvy webmaster upload his/her files?

[Engineer]

I use Filezilla, and I do use the secure method. It is labeled as "SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protocol."

I used to use the regular non-secure protocol, but Andy suggested I switch to the secure method a couple of years ago, so I did. I never had a problem with the old way (I was never hacked or anything), but I didn't see a disadvantage to switching to the secure method, so I just made the switch and didn't really notice a difference.

[bonusgeek]

Thanks Dave, I've never had a problem doing regular ftp either but I'm with you, if there isn't a downside might as well transfer files as securely as possible.

Maybe you can help me out with one more question. Do I need to set up new ftp accounts to be able to connect via sftp or should my current ftp login work? I tried with dreamweaver and that didn't work but that didn't surprise me. So then I tried sftp using the smartftp client and that didn't work either. So I am trying to figure out what needs to be done by me to be able to use sftp moving forward.

[Engineer]

I am using the same user ID and password as before; the only change that I can see is that the dropdown is set to SFTP instead of regular FTP. I didn't have to set up new accounts; I just changed the setting to SFTP on the existing accounts.

Sorry I don't know why your programs aren't working... Maybe try it with Filezilla instead -- it's free.

[Guard Dog]

The current FTP login will work, you simply change the method of transport to SFTP (SSH/FTP) and it should work (at least it always has for me).

I use WS_FTP for all my file uploading, but I don't see why Dreamweaver should be any different.

[Daera]

I love Filezilla.

[bonusgeek]

Thanks Guys, I couldn't get it working with DW but got it working with filezilla.

[rak]

I use cute ftp pro.. it has sftp using ssh2.

One of the servers I have, has been setup so that you have to use SFTP to connect to it. Regular FTP throughs you back out.

[slotplayer]

Just an FYI

Has to be enabled for GoDaddy

Under - Hosting Control > Settings Select SSH

To enable SSH, enter your phone number and click Enable. Our hosting operations teams will call you in approximately 10 minutes with a PIN. Entering the PIN below and clicking Verify enables SSH for your account.

After SSH is enabled, you can use the SSH client of your choice to connect to your hosting server securely.

[bonusgeek]

Just an FYI

Has to be enabled for GoDaddy

Under - Hosting Control > Settings Select SSH

To enable SSH, enter your phone number and click Enable. Our hosting operations teams will call you in approximately 10 minutes with a PIN. Entering the PIN below and clicking Verify enables SSH for your account.

After SSH is enabled, you can use the SSH client of your choice to connect to your hosting server securely.

Good to know, thanks.