Should I use FTP or SFTP?

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Should I use FTP or SFTP?

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If you have the choice, use ALWAYS SFTP.

SFTP is the superior protocol.

FTP is a very old protocol (even with security additions like FTPS). It's harder to configure with a firewall due to its very nature of using two channels, there are a lot of implementations (many of them non-standard, etc).
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