Vince Teachout wrote: >> Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: >> >> >>> You might take a look at running a Linux FTP server. Unix and Linux OS >>> have been prominent in the FTP arena for years. >>> >>> > > Actually, that's a brilliant idea for another reason, as well. > You could run it as a live CD - get the Linux FTP set up the way you > want, burn it all to a bootable CD, then boot up off the CD. If you > ever *do* get hacked, they can't change anything, and a simple reboot > sets you back to your original setup. >
Sounds good if you never need the FTP server to write to the disk. If you ran the vsftpd server off a non-writable CD, I suppose you could mount some writable directories and point the vsftpd.conf configuration file to them for uploading files and for the log files. Still, it would be a pain to update the system or modify the configuration, as it would require the creation of a new ISO image to be copied to another CD each time the OS is updated or modified. I think a simple Linux computer with a Linux OS that included the vsftpd binaries as part the install would do it, and most Linux distributions do include vsftpd. I'm assuming that the client would be connecting to the vsftpd server to upload the files, but it could just as easily be that the client was connect the the vsftpd server to download the files. Will the ftp traffic all be in one direction, (eg all uploads or all downloads over the vsftpd server), and what about windows or other OS that needed to connect to the Linux vsftpd server to obtain the files? If the uploaded files needed to be moved into a windows environment, then it might be advantageous to use samba for the local transfers between the Linux vsftpd server and other OS computers on the local network, rather than ftping the files around in the local network. Regards, LelandJ > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
