Windows Explorer-like and Norton Commander-like interfaces.Integrates with Pageant (PuTTY authentication agent) for full support of public key authentication with SSH.Support for SSH password, keyboard-interactive, public key and Kerberos (GSS) authentication.Directory synchronization in several semi or fully automatic ways.Batch file scripting and command-line interface.Support for SFTP and SCP protocols over SSH-1 and SSH-2 and plain old FTP protocol.Integration with Windows (drag & drop, URL, shortcut icons).You can find a guide to automated file transfers to SFTP servers here. WinSCP can be configured to do automatic file transfers or synchronize files and/or directories but it requires a script. Does WinSCP offer automated file transfers? This means that if your computer is compromised with a trojan or keylogger, WinSCP login and information can be stolen and thus access to the server or servers you have stored can be also compromised. WinSCP is very secure as long as you keep your credentials safe. Although you can customize it a bit, when you open WinSCP you get a double pane file tree, the left being your local storage and the right the server you connect to. The WinSCP interface is organized as a file manager, yes it can also be used as a file manager. WinSCP offers support for secure SFTP and SCP protocols, which offer SSH and SSH2 encrypted authentication. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and basic file manager functionality. Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer. WinSCP is an open source SFTP client, SCP client, FTPS client and FTP client for Windows.

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