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title: Access with SFTP/SCP
description: "# Access with SFTP/SCP ## ## SFTP/SCP By using SFTP and SCP, you can access your Storage Box. This is completely encrypted. Please use your assigned hostname `.your-storagebox.de`, username, and password. If you also plan on using a sub-account on…"
url: "https://www.hyyat.com/en/knowledgebase/access-with-sftp-scp/"
updated: "2026-10-21"
category: Storage Box
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# Access with SFTP/SCP

# Access with SFTP/SCP

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## SFTP/SCP

By using SFTP and SCP, you can access your Storage Box. This is completely encrypted.

Please use your assigned hostname `<username>.your-storagebox.de`, username, and password. If you also plan on using a sub-account on your Storage Box, please make sure to also use the sub-account username for the connection.

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### Authentication using SSH keys

If you access your Storage Box by using SFTP/SCP, you can also authenticate yourself with a public key. Further information and an example are available on the following site: [Backup Space SSH Keys](https://www.hyyat.com/en/knowledgebase/storage-box-ssh-keys/).

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### Connection Error

| 11: Application Error |
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If you receive this error while connecting via SFTP or SCP, then that is the result of the SSH key forwarding. Please deactivate the forwarding and try again.

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### Software

This article only addresses a limited selection of software that you can use for this protocol.

**Windows**

- WinSCP (SFTP)
- FileZilla (SFTP)

**Linux**

- scp
- sftp
- FileZilla (SFTP)

**Android**

- Total Commander (SFTP Plugin)
- AndFTP (SFTP)

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### SSH host keys

In order to ensure the authenticity of the connection, you can compare the host keys of the Storage Box with the following keys below.

| ```text SHA256:XqONwb1S0zuj5A1CDxpOSuD2hnAArV1A3wKY7Z3sdgM (ED25519) SHA256:EMlfI8GsRIfpVkoW1H2u0zYVpFGKkIMKHFZIRkf2ioI (RSA) SHA256:RWkLouD9tfTwdboJOzjiWo5njZI59Hcta82ttAWxDA0 (DSA) SHA256:oDHZqKXnoMtgvPBjjC57pcuFez28roaEuFcfwyg8O5c (ECDSA) ``` |
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 **Related guides**

- [Access with SSH/rsync/BorgBackup](https://www.hyyat.com/knowledgebase/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b5%d9%88%d9%84-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%85-ssh-rsync-borgbackup/)
- [Create a snapshot of the storage box from the client area](https://www.hyyat.com/knowledgebase/%d8%a5%d9%86%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%84%d9%82%d8%b7%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%b5%d9%86%d8%af%d9%88%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%b2%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b7%d9%82%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%84/)
- [install and configure borgbackup](https://www.hyyat.com/knowledgebase/install-and-configure-borgbackup/)
- [Storage Box SSH Keys](https://www.hyyat.com/knowledgebase/%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%82%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%ad-ssh-%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%b2%d9%8a%d9%86/)

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