Downloading files from Skyward’s Secure FTP Site

Follow the instructions below to safely transfer files from Skyward using the encrypted Secure FTP server.

1. The following is a short (not all inclusive) list of FTP clients that support Secure FTP, large files, and have an auto-resume feature.

Client Company Type FileZilla (v3 or better) Open Source Freeware Core FTP LE CoreFTP Freeware Core FTP Pro CoreFTP Free license (education) BPFTP Client 2010 Microsoft Trial

2. Connect to FTP site and download the files. To protect data while being transferred, Skyward allows for FTPS transmissions on port 990 and SSH\SFTP on port 22. Standard unencrypted FTP connections on port 21 or connections using SSL, TLS 1.0, or TLS 1.1 are NOT allowed. If connection issues arise, please download/ install a current version of an FTP Client.

Launch the preferred FTP Client. Initiate a session with the Skyward Secure FTP server using the following criteria: Host Name: ftp.skyward.com Secure FTP Ports: TCP 990 (FTPS) OR TCP 22 (SSH/SFTP) Username: skypac Password: NOLIMIT

3. Double click the folder labeled “Hardware”.

4. Double click the folder labeled “Public”. The public folder holds the contents of the FTP site.

5. Choose the appropriate subfolder to locate the files for download.

For example:

SMS 2.0 (Progress OpenEdge 11.7) Installation files can be found in the folder labeled “OE117- Customer-DVD” then “Windows” folder.

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Additional Information about Secure FTP transfers.

The two mainstream protocols available for Secure FTP transfers are SSH/SFTP and FTPS. These two are often confused as being the same protocol.

SSH/SFTP: the acronym stands for SSH File Transfer Protocol, and – as the name indicates – it is a subsystem of the SSH (Secure Shell) protocol.

FTPS: is a “secured” version of the FTP protocol, encapsulated inside an TLS channel (as HTTPS, SMTPS, IMAPS, POP3S, …)

What is Implicit FTPS? Implicit security is a mechanism in which security is automatically turned on as soon as the FTP client makes a connection to an FTP server. In this case, the FTP server defines a specific port for the client (990) to be used for secure connections.

Both SFTP and FTPS offer a high level of protection since both implement strong algorithms as AES and Triple DES encrypts any data transferred. The most notable differences between SFTP and FTPS is how the connections are authenticated and managed.

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Examples of Core FTP Client Settings

Examples of FileZilla FTP Client Settings

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