---
title: "Is a secure form of FTP provided?"
date: "2016-02-20"
category: "ftp"
slug: "is-a-secure-form-of-ftp-provided"
---

Yes. All hosting packages support FTP with **explicit TLS** (also called "Auth TLS"). This method initiates encryption after the initial handshake and protocol announcement. Implicit TLS (encryption without announcement) is not supported, but the security level is identical -- the difference is protocol formality only.

**SCP** and **SFTP**, which use SSH for transport, are available on packages that include [[is-terminal-access-available]] access.

## See Also

- [[accessing-ftp-server]]
