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Yup super confusing. The way I remember it is that https is http + SSL so ftps is ftp + SSL. The weird one sftp is an entirely different protocol that uses SSH to transfer files.

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blotz@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Okay this has made it so much worse. i figured that the s in https and ftps stands for secure like a reasonable person. of course it doesnt xD. you would think that this is at least consistent but alas. guess what s in ssh doesnt stand for :)

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- kevincox@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I don’t know if the s is actually “SSL” or “secure” but the point is that the are the same protocol, running over an encryption layer. So adding an s suffix is running the same protocol over some encrypted transport. You see this s suffix for lots of things like irc/ircs and dav/davs.
  
  This is different to sftp which isn’t related to ftp at all other than they are both protocols that transfer files.
  
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