
The SFTPPlus dedicated service account on Linux and macOS
SFTPPlus on Linux and macOS runs under a dedicated system user, created during installation, not to be used for anything else.
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SFTPPlus on Linux and macOS runs under a dedicated system user, created during installation, not to be used for anything else.

The SFTPPlus team is delighted to have helped the Twisted open source project with the migration of the ticket management system from Trac to GitHub Issues.

When closely investigating managed file transfers, pushing a file to a remote FTP server turns out to be just a phase in a series of interlinked processes.

It is common practice to secure a file transfer server using firewall rules which only allow incoming connections from trusted partners.

For some time, we have been maintaining an MIT-licensed GitHub repository to ease the creation and running of SFTPPlus Docker instances.

Docker containers have been a constant presence in the worlds of DevOps and cloud computing. We have recognized this only through a passing mention in our product page that SFTPPlus can run in a Docker container.

As of April 2016, the European Parliament and Council adopted a new legislation that will replace, in May 2018, the old personal data protection law for European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EAA) residents. The new regulation is called The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).