FTP, FTPS, SSH, SCP, SFTP

The abbreviations of the protocols in the heading can easily cause confusion. Therefore, here is a brief overview, even though this information can easily be found on the Internet.

In addition, in the last two columns you can see which Input Agents and Response Routes you can use for these protocols.


Protocol

Remark

Protocol stack

Input Agent

Response Route

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

FTP

TCP

IP (IPv4, IPv6)

Ethernet, Token Bus, Token Ring, FDDI, ...

FTP (Input Agent)

FTP (FTPS, SFTP) (Input Agent Cron)

Response Route FTP (FTPS, SFTP)

FTPS (FTP Secure or FTP over SSL or FTP over TLS)

(based on SSL/TLS)

FTP

SSL/TLS

TCP

IP (IPv4, IPv6)

Ethernet, Token Bus, Token Ring, FDDI, ...

FTP (FTPS, SFTP) (Input Agent Cron)

Response Route FTP (FTPS, SFTP)

SSH (Secure Shell Protocol)


SSH

TCP

IP (IPv4, IPv6)

Ethernet, Token Bus, Token Ring, FDDI, ...

SSH (SFTP, SCP) (Input Agent) Note: The Input Agent of type SSH only uses SFTP or SCP.

Note: There is no Response Route of type SSH.

SCP (Secure Copy Protocol)

(based on SSH)

SCP

SSH

TCP

IP (IPv4, IPv6)

Ethernet, Token Bus, Token Ring, FDDI, ...

SSH (SFTP, SCP) (Input Agent)

SCP (Input Agent Cron)

Response Route SCP

SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

(based on SSH)

SFTP

SSH

TCP

IP (IPv4, IPv6)

Ethernet, Token Bus, Token Ring, FDDI, ...

SSH (SFTP, SCP) (Input Agent)

FTP (FTPS, SFTP) (Input Agent Cron)

Response Route FTP (FTPS, SFTP)