We have been using Serv-U FTP and it has been very efficient. Price
starts from US$34.95 for 1-4 servers, so I believe from a cost-benefit
point-of-view that it is very attractive.

http://www.serv-u.com/pricingbody.htm

JF Prieur, MCSE
If PacMan had affected us as kids we'd be running around in dark rooms,
munching pills and listening to electronic music

-----Original Message-----
From: "McCammon, Keith" <Keith.McCammoneadvancemed.com>
To: 'Adrian Beauchamp' <adrianbeauchampcs.com>, Focus on Microsoft
Mailing List <FOCUS-MSSECURITYFOCUS.COM>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 09:14:55 -0400
Subject: RE: alternatives to IIS for FTP server on WIN NT 4

> 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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