Overview
The strength of an encryption largely depends on two components: 1) the cipher and 2) the length of the key. We already discussed key lengths in an older post. So today, let's talk about the other component.
Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Secure File Transfer, SFTP, FTPS
Overview
As a system administrator, you might want to be notified when a user makes changes to his/her user account. In this post, we'll show you how to set up that kind of capability on JSCAPE MFT Server.
Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Tutorials, Triggers
Overview
In a previous post, we taught you how to automatically delete old files from your file transfer server. That exercise could come in handy if you want to recover some free space from your disk drive. However, there can be instances when, instead of deleting aged files, archiving/zipping would be your desired course of action. This article can help teach you how to zip old files.
Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Tutorials
In our previous post, we discussed what a digital certificate is. But how do digital certificates work? Today, we will give you an overview of the basic process involving creating, signing, deploying, and using digital certificates.
Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Secure File Transfer, Digital certificates
Overview: What is a Digital Certificate?
When users come to your website, they have a way of telling whether your site is safe to connect with or not. It comes in the form of something called a digital certificate. Today, we'll help you understand what a digital certificate is, its key components, the role it plays in Web security, and other concepts associated with it. After you read this article, schedule time with your account manager for your free trial and personalized experience.
Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Secure File Transfer
Overview
Digital signatures help enforce security during data transfers. They're mainly responsible for establishing authentication, data integrity, and non-repudiation. Today, we'll be talking about the basic concepts behind digital signatures, where they're used, how they work, and why they're always an integral part of highly secure file transfers.
Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Secure File Transfer, SFTP, FTPS, AS2
Overview
Hashes are essential to secure file transfers. You can find them in operations involving passwords, file integrity checks, digital signatures, digital certificate thumbprints or fingerprints, and others. But what are hashes? In this post, we'll introduce you to hashes, the concept of hashing, and its applications in various areas of security.
Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Secure File Transfer, FTPS
Overview: Symmetric vs. Asymmetric Encryption
Secure file transfer protocols generally employ a combination of symmetric and asymmetric encryption to preserve the confidentiality of data while in transit. So why the need for two kinds of encryption? What is the difference between symmetric and asymmetric? In this post, we take a closer look at the main functions of symmetric and asymmetric encryption, their strengths, their weaknesses, and why we'd prefer having both.
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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, File Transfer Clients, Secure File Transfer, SFTP, FTPS
Overview: What is WebDAV?
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning, or WebDAV, is a protocol whose basic functionality enables users to share, copy, move, and edit files through a web server. It can also support collaborative applications with file locking and revision tracking features. This blog post will introduce you to the basic functions of WebDAV, its similarities and differences with FTP and other file transfer protocols, and a few examples showing what you can do with it.
Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, File Transfer Clients, webdav, webdav server
Overview
Here's another task many customers want to automate on their SFTP, FTPS, or FTP server. They want their server to monitor certain directories and delete old files found there as soon as the files have reached a certain age. In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to automatically delete old files from JSCAPE MFT Server using triggers. These instructions apply irrespective of the file transfer protocol you activate on the server, so if you think this is something you can use, feel free to read along.
Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation