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Glossary

SFTP

Secure File Transfer Protocol - a cryptographically secured file-drop mechanism widely used in foodservice, wholesale, and logistics EDI.

In practice

Trading partners exchange files by writing them to authenticated SFTP folders. Pickup is on a schedule, not real-time.

Why it matters

Many long-tail trading partners only support SFTP. It is the lowest-common-denominator transport.

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How Sable handles it

Sable runs SFTP endpoints inbound and outbound with full audit logging.

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