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I don't like FTP: active/passive problems with routers and firewalls, forwarding many ports, growing lack of security, lack of encryption I like SFTP , however my intranet file transfers are ...
  1. 04-03-2008 #1
    felipe1982
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    SFTP slow but FTP is much faster

    I don't like FTP: active/passive problems with routers and firewalls, forwarding many ports, growing lack of security, lack of encryption

    I like SFTP, however my intranet file transfers are about 5x faster with FTP. Why is this? Why is SFTP much slower than FTP? Is this normal?

    (ps: i don't have gigabit. I have two computers joined by a WRT54G used as a switch only)

    I cannot honestly believe that I am unable to upload/attach GNU-zip files on a GNU/Linux site. I am ashamed.
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    sftp will be always slower than ftp, due to encryption... 5x, I think, is normal... now, with the sftp slow rate that you're experimenting, do you have any data (file size, times)?
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