

The FTP server must be running on a remote host supporting AUTHTLS.Supported in SAS ® 9.4 TS1M2 with the hot fix installed ( SAS Note 56154) and in SAS ® 9.4 TS1M3 and later.Can be used on any type of SAS client host (UNIX, Windows, and z/OS) to any remote FTP server supporting AUTHTLS.Secured form of FTP using SSL/TLS protocol and SSL/TLS certificates.See the table below for details about the FILENAME FTP/TLS Access Method: Description Add DEBUG to the FILENAME FTP statement to see the communication between SAS and the remote FTP server.You must be able to use FTP outside of SAS.The default mode is ACTIVE. Support for PASSIVE mode is available in SAS ® 9.3 TS1M0.If it is not, refer to the PORT= parameter in FILENAME FTP Assumes that the remote FTP server is listening on Port 21.The FTP server must be running on a remote host.Can be used on any type of SAS ® client host (UNIX, Windows, and z/OS) to any remote FTP server.Unsecured form of File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

See the table below for details about the FILENAME FTP Access Method: Description If your site is moving toward using a more secure method of file transfer, you might want to know the differences between the three types of FILENAME Access Method: FTP, FTP/TLS, and SFTP. Here are three tables listing the important differences between the FILENAME Access Methods.
