I would guess that Randy Heise's suggestion is going to be cheaper than my suggestion, but maybe a little less user-friendly. It's probably worthwhile to compare a little of each--for example, there are free web server interfaces to ftp, like WebFtp (http://www.web-ftp.org), that you could possibly have installed on your hosted ftp site, and that would make it more user-friendly (if you think that matters).
At BMA we are actually taking Mia Ridge's advice (a CMS-based system) for our PR dept., but dealing with a CMS is often a larger scale issue--we already have one, and we're using it for lots of other things, so it was an easy decision to integrate what they wanted into an existing system.
Your IT department could set up an ftp server outside the firewall, or on a restricted and isolated network segment, which would be the secure way to handle this on-site; but that would be a lot of work for them and I think, given that there are inexpensive and secure ways to pay someone else to do this, they are doing the right thing by asking you to handle it some other way.
--Matt
Christina DePaolo wrote:
---Hello,We have had a longstanding request to build a FTP site for our PR department. Our IT staff does not like FTP because of security issues. Is there an alternative? Do any of you have software/tool recommendations? We are a Windows shop.FYI -- here are some of the requirements:PR staff can assign temporary and permanent log in and passwordsPR staff can post and delete files-- they would like a web interface so the press can see thumbnailsI am wondering how other museum IT/New Media shops deal with these requests.Thank you.Christina DePaoloNew Media Manager---
You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected]
To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected]
To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
