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looking for affordable FTP solution for small business

by pmeroth Mar 29, 2006 8:22PM PST

my apologies for this cross post... (http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-10150-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=166624&messageID=1844409)
boss is looking for an answer.

I need to set up FTP access for clients for the consulting firm I work for. They've been hacked a few times (nothing serious, just someone proving they could). We're switching to Apache shortly but we also need to set up FTP access for clients.
The main thing we need is a secure solution. Doing the research for software just makes me more confused, so I wanted to see if someone could give me some advice. Our clients need to be able to access reports and what not that would tend to be too large for email.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

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What server OS?
by Kees Bakker Mar 29, 2006 10:20PM PST

Linux, Unix, Windows NT? Makes a difference for available software.

Kees

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(NT) (NT) WinXP
by pmeroth Mar 30, 2006 10:50AM PST
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I find that a rather amazing answer.
by Kees Bakker Apr 1, 2006 5:27PM PST

After all, Windows XP is a client-side (desktop) OS, while you're talking about a server. A FTP-server would run on a server OS, be it Linux, Unix, Windows 2000 server, Windows 2003 server or any proprietory thing like IBM's iSeries.

You told you were going to implement Apache and Apache is an open-source webserver for Unix based systems. While Microsoft IIS is a webserver for Windows based servers. So I would say that your FTP-server solution should be Unix based also.

Searching for unix "ftp server" on google I get quite a lot of useful hits. I don't have any personal experience with any of them. This forum, by the way, is a PC Applications forum, not a Unix server forum, so it's rather off-topic.

I suggest your boss hires someone with experience in setting up Apache under Unix or Linux and good knowledge of a few fpt-server running in that same environment, if (and only if) he wants to run his own servers. And I do doubt if that's a good idea.
Otherwise, any business-oriented ISP can offer him all hosting he wants and needs, including ftp and php and disk space and http-servers. That might be the way to go.

Hope this helps.


Kees

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(NT) (NT) thank you for the advice.
by pmeroth Apr 5, 2006 3:01AM PDT
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not really
by jbouz May 12, 2006 3:51PM PDT

apache can be used on windows also, not just unix/linux

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FTP Solution
by ALUBY126 Apr 14, 2006 12:48AM PDT

Check out the FTP service "Files Direct.com". We use them as an offsite server. Very secure, and pretty inexpensive-$80/month depending on your volume. No software to buy, no consultant to hire, and they integrate with our website so the appearance is seamless. Here's the link:
https://www.filesdirect.com/info/Overview.aspx

Good Luck!

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