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From: Gerald Main (gmainzianet.com)
Date: Fri May 18 2001 - 17:25:09 CDT

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    At 06:21 5/17/2001, you wrote:
    You might want to take a look at WFTPD Pro, http://www.wftpd.com/.
    Reasonably priced, stable, and supports WinNT account databases. Also seems
    to be well supported.

    Cheers,
             G. R. Main

    >Hello group,
    >
    >I am interested to hear some opinions from people regarding alternatives to
    >installing IIS on WIN NT 4 systems requiring occassional FTP access.
    >
    >Basically what I want to enable is the ability to collect some application
    >log files (once a month is enough) from a group of NT machines.
    >
    >At present IIS 4 has been installed on each of these machines, with an FTP
    >root limited to a range of internal (non-routable) IP addresses, no
    >anonymous access and ACL'd to suit.
    >
    > From a user point of view, all that I need is that when someone tries to FTP
    >to the machine, they recieve an FTP login prompt, authenticate with an NT
    >domain userid and password, and are able to go about thier business.
    >
    >What are my options to get an FTP service running, without the overhead of
    >installing and running the entire option pack?
    >
    >Can anyone recommend an alternative or two for me to research, especially
    >freeware / shareware and especially somewhat compact in build?
    >
    >Or am I opening a whole new can of worms security wise by not using IIS. I
    >get the impression that IIS *** properly configured *** offers a reasonable
    >level of security under NT (I can hear the groans from here from some
    >quarters!) so perhaps some people have a comment or two on this aspect of
    >the issue.
    >
    >thanks!
    >Adrian Beauchamp