Comparison of file transfer protocols

A list of notable file transfer protocols:

List of file transfer protocols

Primarily used with TCP/IP

• 9P
• Apple Filing Protocol (AFP)
• BitTorrent
• Infinit
• FTAM
• FTP
  • FTP over SSL (FTPS)
• HFTP
• HULFT
• HTTP
  • HTTPS
  • WebDAV
• rcp
• rsync
• Simple Asynchronous File Transfer (SAFT), bound to TCP port 487
• Secure copy (SCP)
• SSH file transfer protocol (SFTP)
• Simple File Transfer Protocol
• T.127
• Waarp R66

Primarily used with UDP

• File Service Protocol
• Multicast File Transfer Protocol
• Multipurpose Transaction Protocol
• Reliable Blast UDP
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) -- designed for simplicity rather than speed
• Tsunami UDP Protocol
• UDP-based Data Transfer Protocol (UDT)
• UFTP – UDP Based FTP with Multicast

Primarily used with direct modem connections

• ASCII dump
• BiModem
• BLAST
• CModem
• CompuServe B (aka B protocol or CIS-B)
• JMODEM
• HS/Link

• Kermit and variants:
  • Kermit
  • SuperKermit

• LeechModem
• Lynx (protocol)
• NMODEM
• Punter family

• SEAlink
• SMODEM
• SuperK
• TELINK
• Tmodem

• UUCP and variants:
  • UUCP
  • UUCP-g

• XMODEM and variants:
  • MODEM7 (Batch XMODEM)
  • XMODEM, XMODEM-1K, XMODEM-G
  • WXMODEM

• YMODEM and variants:
  • YMODEM, YMODEM-1K, YMODEM-G

• ZMax
• ZMODEM

See also

• File transfer
• Protocol (computing)
• Communications protocol
• Bulletin board system
• List of network protocols
• Connect:Direct
• Cross File Transfer

External links

• Evolution and Selection of File Transfer Protocols by Chuck Forsberg

• http://www.gxsblogs.com/keifers/2009/08/the-incredible-hulft-my-favorite-b2b-network-protocol.html