Hi

the new serv-u 3.0 server from http://www.Serv-U.com/ its in my opinion the
best ftp server.. I have tested all the comercial ftp servers. including
ws_pro

Other versions of serv-u ' s where not reliable or for heavy use but this
one just released some days ago is :)

regards

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At 09:14 a.m. 18/05/01 -0400, you wrote:
>If you have an NT4 system, WS_FTP Server works quite well and can use a
>variety of databases, including your NT account database. Also includes SSL
>support for end-to-end session encryption when using WS_FTP Pro client. I
>think the whole package is less than $600.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Adrian Beauchamp [mailto:adrianbeauchampcs.com]
>Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 8:21 AM
>To: Focus on Microsoft Mailing List
>Subject: alternatives to IIS for FTP server on WIN NT 4
>
>
>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

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