VSSH 1.8.1 – Advanced customizable SSH and Telnet client with iCloud connections, macros and keys sharing. Two major versions of the SSH protocol exist, SSH-2 and SSH-1. Most SSH servers nowadays allow modern and secure SSH-2 only. WinSCP’s default setting is to use SSH-2. If you need to use deprecated and insecure SSH-1 at all, you can configure this in SSH preferences. The SSH protocol was created to replace insecure protocols for remote connections. SSH is a cryptographic protocol that creates a tunnel between two remote computers. Once the tunnel is established, the remote system shell is visible, and shell commands can be securely transmitted across the connection.
WinSCP is an open source free SSH client for Windows with the focus on secure file transfer. You can get it from WinSCP download page. Latest stable WinSCP version is 5.17.8.
An SSH client is a software which uses the SSH protocol to connect to a remote computer.
In general SSH protocol can be used for two purposes, file transfers and terminal access.
Pigments 1 1 1 – polychrome software synthesizer keyboard. File transfers are primary focus of WinSCP.
WinSCP supports SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) for secure file transfers. In addition to that it also supports legacy SCP (Secure Copy Protocol).
You can use WinSCP to transfer files both manually and automatically.
While WinSCP does not focus on terminal access, it has basic support for it.
You can execute remote commands via SSH terminal both manually and automatically.
If you need unrestricted terminal access (and still want to use WinSCP for file transfers), you will find integration with PuTTY SSH client useful. This free Telnet and SSH client for Windows can be also downloaded from our PuTTY download page.
WinSCP is, in addition to being SFTP client and SCP client, also FTP client. It supports also secure variant of FTP, the FTPS.
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- How to connect to an SFTP server?
- How do I know if the connection is secure?
- How to upload files to an SFTP Server?
- How to synchronize files with an SFTP Server?
- How to automate file transfers (or synchronization) to an SFTP server?
- Other guides to using WinSCP
- All WinSCP supported protocols