Mike, Thanks for the response. I was looking for something that would be a step up yet as far as security. Also, Something that is more user friendly to others after it is setup. Are there gui’s available??? I am also thinking multiple users and folders??? Maybe asking to much Hi Hi. Tom Thomas Rieff GreenCare 1717 3rd Avenue Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 344-8314 Office (507) 344-8316 Fax Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 16:12:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] FTP Server To: TCLUG <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.0904041605300.496 at taxa.psych.umn.edu> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Sat, 4 Apr 2009, Thomas Rieff wrote: > What would be available to use as a FTP server that would be user & > password protected. We sometimes have files that are to large to email > and need to post them on the web for a select individual. Any > thoughts??? It depends on the amount of security you are after. The lowest level is to use ordinary http with .htaccess files to force users to enter passwords. I do that a lot. It isn't "secure" in the usual sense but it keeps most people out, it is easy and it might be all you need. If you want better security, you need to use https and good passwords. FTP is inherently insecure because passwords are transmitted as plain text that can be read by anyone snooping on the network (the same is true for http which is why https is more secure -- encrypted for security). Mike -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20090405/3dd0b795/attachment.htm