5:30 Design Tip

There are several ways to publish a Web site. Most hosting companies will provide you with a Control Panel these days in order to upload files to your site. Many will also grant you FTP or SCP access to the site. So, what is the difference and why do you care?

FTP and SCP are pretty much the same thing. The major difference to you, is that SCP is encrypted. What that means is that it is harder for a third party to intercept your username, password, or other information. There is a rather well known and free SCP client called WinSCP. You can download it at http://www.winscp.com/.

If you have the choice, go with SCP over FTP.