[TAG] Linux FTP servers for uploads

[Kapil Hari Paranjape]

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 02:12:47PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> Alas, my client hasn't the pull.  The data-originator end is
> Conoco/Phillips; they have two standardized approaches to delivering it
> ($LARGE_EXPENSIVE_ANNOYING_EDI_PROVIDER, and "we'll FTP it to your FTP
> server"), and I think it unlikely that we'll be able to get them to
> change, unless we're *really* lucky (yes, we *have* asked if they'll
> contemplate setting up SCP).

Here are some alternatives to "good old ftp" for pushing files to
"incoming".

1. There is an ftp server that works with SSL. In Debian it is the
   ftpd-ssl package. This means that the session will be encrypted.
   You can even authenticate based on public key a la scp.

2. What about web based uploads? You create a web form which has
   a "file upload" entry. The user interface on most machines is quite
   straight forward---you type in (or use a file browser to select)
   the name of the file that you want to upload. The cgi that handles
   the form decides what to do with the file so that can be done *very*
   securely by writing a secure cgi script. HTTPS can also be used.

Perhaps these alternatives will be more acceptable than SCP (though
"why?" I cannot see!).

Regards,

Kapil.

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