On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > I believe the 'vsftpd' package allows configuration to require connections over ssh, which solves the problem Mike mentioned. I know it's the recommended server for Ubuntu, and I think Debian and others as well. -- Tony Yarusso http://tonyyarusso.com/