FTP was the popular protocol for file transfer but short of using FTPS, it doesn't provide the security required these days. Here's how to use Secure Copy ... an Amazon Machine Image (AMI).

For background on using Secure Shell, see our other SSH intro article. As part of the Secure Shell, the SCP (Secure Copy Protocol ... listing of files on either the local machine or the remote ...

How To Use SCP (Secure Copy ... machines likely knows secure shell. Without this tool, administering those servers remotely would be quite challenging. It would also become harder to move files ...