The SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) service allows filesystem access from SFTP clients. Anonymous logins are not allowed, users must authenticate with whichever name service is configured in Services.
SFTP can be used in conjunction with Kerberos authentication. For information about the appliance Kerberos service, see Kerberos Configuration.
For added security when configuring SFTP, you can specify the ciphers and MACs, as described in SFTP Properties, Ports, and Logs.
To configure SFTP, see the following sections: