# SFTP: a More Secure Successor to SCP

DevFeed: [SFTP: a More Secure Successor to SCP](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sftp-a-more-secure-successor-to-scp-29844.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/sftp/>)

Author: andrew.lefevre@goteleport.com (Andrew LeFevre)

Published: 2022-12-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Security, Privacy and Abuse Prevention](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy-and-abuse-prevention.md>), [OpenSSH](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openssh.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [integrity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/integrity.md>)

Tags: [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [openssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openssh.md>), [secure-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/secure-software.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how SCP and SFTP transfer files over SSH, describes SCP's operation, and argues that SFTP is the more secure successor and should generally be preferred. It also discusses security properties and vulnerabilities associated with SCP.

## Source excerpt

SCP is a simple protocol, but it's not secure. SFTP is a more secure successor to SCP, and should be used wherever possible.