How do I know for sure that CoreFTP xmitted file using SSL?

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tts
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How do I know for sure that CoreFTP xmitted file using SSL?

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I set up CoreFTP LE and transferred a file from my workstation to an FTP server that I think is set up to receive files via FTP/SSL. I see in the log of events the following lines:

192.168.1.210 -> 68.196.189.182
LIST
Connect socket #1416 to 68.196.189.182, port 50002...
TLSv1 (RC4/SHA), 128 bits
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
226 Transfer complete. 420 bytes transferred. 0.41 KB/sec.
Transferred 420 bytes in 0.015 seconds

Is the "TLSv1..." line confirmation that the transfer was done securely -- that is the data was encrypted prior to the transfer -- and that the server received the encrypted file and de-crypted the data (I checked and the file was received and looks like it should)? (The file itself was 10K in size, so the fact that it says 420 bytes were transferred seems to me to be another indicator that the file was compressed and encrypted, but I want to be sure.)

If this does not confirm that the transfer was done securely, is there another way to confirm?

Thanks for your response.
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