SFTP support?

[mirhagk]

As far as I can tell it isn't support, but issue #4 suggests that there is SFTP support?

Either way the readme should probably mention it (either that it's supported or not supported) just to clear things up

[robinrodricks]

As I'm not the original author of the lib, I don't know for sure. But FTP through SSL is definitely supported. There is some confusion between SFTP and FTPS, both being different protocols/methods.

[mirhagk]

Yes for sure there is confusion. As far as I can tell the library doesn't support SFTP (which is FTP over SSH), I've tried to make it work and it fails, and looks like the original project maintainer confirmed that it did not support SFTP as of Mar 2013.

Because of the confusion around this there should definitely be something in the readme (or at least in an FAQ or something) that says SFTP, that is FTP over SSH, is not supported while FTPS, that is FTP over SSL is supported.

[BobEntwhistle]

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol :
"SFTP is not FTP run over SSH, but rather a new protocol designed from the ground up by the IETF SECSH working group."

[BobEntwhistle]

If you need SFTP support, this library will do it: https://github.com/sshnet/SSH.NET

[mirhagk]

Ah okay, but yeah the readme or something should clarify that this does not have SFTP support on the home page. At least mentioning what protocols are supported. I'm sure I'm not the only one to confuse all the different FTP related protocols

[robinrodricks]

@mirhagk - Good idea. Readme has been updated. Check it out!

https://github.com/hgupta9/FluentFTP/

[mirhagk]

Awesome 👍 Very clear and helpful