Free Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) Clients

Free SFTP Clients

For security reasons, HU has switched to SFTP on Port 2900 (Secure File Transfer Protocol). The following is a list of SFTP clients that are free for download, for Mac and Windows.

• Filezilla
  • http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
  • Free for download. FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows users. Operating System: 32-bit MS Windows (NT/2000/XP), Win2K, WinXP
• CuteFTP Mac Pro
  • http://www.bol.ucla.edu/software/mac/cuteftp/
  • Free for download hosted by Bruin Online. Cute FTP Mac is Tiger (Mac OSX 10.4) ready, has a multi-threaded thin Metal (Cocoa) interface, powerful automation features, and strong security for protecting your FTP sessions. Login and transfer files using Secure Shell 2 (SFTP) or Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocols.
• CuteFTP Pro
  • http://www.cuteftp.com/cuteftppro/T
  • he Windows option for CuteFTP Pro isnot freefor download (you to purchase the software via link above) but it does support many industry standard protocols including FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS and SSH.
• SecureFX
  • http://www.vandyke.com/products/securefx/
  • This is a reliable secure FTP software for windows. SecureFX isnot free.
• CoreFTP
  • http://www.coreftp.com/
  • Fast and reliable SFTP/FTP software. It?s available for free download.
• MacFusion
  • http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/mgorbach/MacFusionWeb/
  • MacFusion is a beta plugin for MacFuse that brings a simple GUI for SSH/(S)FTP connections.
• Fugu
  • http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/Fugu is a graphical frontend to the commandline Secure File Transfer application (SFTP). Fugu is available under a BSD-style license.
• CyberDuck
  • http://cyberduck.ch/Cyberduck is an open source FTP and SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) browser licenced under the GPL with an easy to use interface, integration with external editors and support for many Mac OS X system technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour, the Keychain and AppleScript.
• Mac OS X?s built-in SFTP
  • http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/security/
  • Mac OS X features networking security standards already bundled with the system including OpenSSH. You can access SFTP from the Terminal application (found in /Applications/Utilities). For more information seeApple?s security page or the manual page for SFTP
• WinSCP
  • http://winscp.net
  • WinSCP is a free, open source SCP and SFTP client for Windows.

What basics do I need to know when conguring an FTP Client to use SFTP?

1. Your domain name
2. Username
3. Password
4. Port 2900
5. Be sure to set your client to use SFTP if there is a setting.