Quote Originally Posted by westin View Post
If you have this server open to the outside, I would highly recommend using key-based authentication. [actually even if it isn't open to the outside, I would recommend that.] As long as you have SSH set up properly, SFTP should work. SirDice hit it on the head. It has nothing to do with standard FTP. It allows you to transfer files utilizing SSH's encryption. Everything will go over port 22.
Yeah, the key thing is becoming another whole headache for me. I tried using openssl or something like that on a fedora box I have. So far if the FreeNAS box likes the key, the WinSCP program does not (even after using the putty program to change the key to a ppk(?) file)... I guess I need to search for a tutorial or something to get the key stuff straightened out.