On 20-Sep-00, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> Patrick Ford said,
>
>> On 19-Sep-00, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
>>> You need an FTP *server* on one machine so you can connect to it with a
>>> FTP program on the other. There are a few on Aminet
>>>
>>> amiftpd19.lha comm/tcp 48128 Easy-to-use FTP service daemon for Miam
>>> ftpd2.lha comm/tcp 52224 FTPdaemon v2.0 for AmiTCP FtpDaemon.lha
>>> comm/tcp 37888 FTP Daemon for AmiTCP with MultiUser su mlftpd_14.lha
>>> comm/tcp 38912 Ftpd v1.4 - Improved upload control rcftpd.lha comm/tcp
>>> 146432 Rc-ftpd - the best ftpd for amiga ;-) wu-ftpd-37.21.lha comm/tcp
>>> 207872 FTP Server for AmiTCP (bugfix release)
>
> Urk! Look what you've done to my nicely formatted mail :-P
Not I! It was like that when I got it, and each time YAM handles it
it is sure it can make it tidier.
>
>>> rcftpd is the only ones that's in current develpment.
>
>> If I have two computers and I want access to one from the other via
>> internet, are any of these suitable? All the ones I have looked at so
[...]
> The only one I have any real experience of is wu-ftpd. This is a port of
> the Unix version, which is in use on thousands of servers. It should be
> very secure.
OK, I'll download that and gird my loins and tackle it.
> If the computer you're connecting from has a static IP address, you
> could make any FTP server secure by only allowing connections to the FTP
> ports from that one address.
No, both are dynamic.
>> I do want to have server and client on both, and available whenever on
>> line--not just mounted as the occasion arises, but they have to be
>> well password protected. What do you recommend for that?
>
> I'd take a look at wu-ftpd. As it's a Unix port you have to hug a tree
> before editing half a dozen text configuration files. But once set up it
> works well.
I don't mind hugging a tree, but I am NOT going to tie my hair in a pony
tail. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
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