Guest Starbuck Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 I want to setup an SFTP Server on an existing Server 2003 machine. I'm wondering what solutions most people out there are using, or if you have any recommendations. I just went through the process of installing the OpenSSH solution by Michael Johnson only to get to page 2 of the readme file to learn that "Server 2003 is not currently supported". The WSFTP product is a bit pricey at $450 plus another $200 for support. That's do-able, but before I drop $650 on the product I would like to know if anyone out there would actually recommends it. I also came across the list of products at the wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SFTP_servers but at this stage I guess what I really want are your recommendations on which product you use and why. Thanks for your input. *$ aa#2290 -----
Guest Phillip Windell Posted September 30, 2008 Posted September 30, 2008 Re: SFTP Solution "Starbuck" <Starbuck@BogusDomain.com> wrote in message news:8ns4e4h8vh514lv2pauccpksdd5s1nivj9@4ax.com... > I also came across the list of products at the wikipedia site: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SFTP_servers > but at this stage I guess what I really want are your recommendations > on which product you use and why. Keep in mind that a lot of people cannot use SFTP from where they are because either their FTP Client can't do SFTP or the Firewall or Proxy Server doesn't have the Application Filters to decrypt/encrypt the SFTP packets in order to maintain the FTP port complexities of the connection. So SFTP is only a reasonable solution if you control both ends of the connection environment. Here are samples of the problems of FTP, even regular FTP,...it only gets worse with SFTP. The Firewall product in these articles is MS ISA Server, but similar issues can arise with any firewall product. How the FTP protocol Challenges Firewall Security http://www.isaserver.org/articles/How_the_FTP_protocol_Challenges_Firewall_Security.html Solving the Secure FTP [sFTP] dilemma with ISA Server 2004 and 2006 http://blogs.isaserver.org/pouseele/2006/10/08/solving-the-secure-ftp-dilemma-with-isa-server-2004-and-2006/ FTP Client Access from a Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server Network http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/isa/2000/maintain/isaftpci.mspx Active mode FTP client programs cannot access an FTP server from behind Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;884580 You would be better off with an SSL Web site which can easily do downloads. The uploads can be done with web site componenets developed with Java or ActiveX. ASP.net may have abilities of uploading with componenets included with it. -- Phillip Windell http://www.wandtv.com The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else associated with me, including my cats. -----------------------------------------------------
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