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FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) is a standard published by the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a non-regulatory agency of the U. S. Department of Commerce. NIST works to establish various standards that the U.S. military and various government agencies must abide by. Therefore, vendors, contractors, and any organization working with the government and military must also comply with these standards where they are required. Additionally, despite the fact that FIPS is a U.S.-developed standard, the Canadian government has similar policies requiring FIPS-validated software.
WS_FTP FIPS mode includes Triple DES, AES, and HMAC SHA-1 encryption of files during transfer. Other modes of encryption are not supported, as specified by FIPS 140-2.
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