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> Does anyone have any suggestions/preferences to a secure FTP server |
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for |
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> Gentoo? |
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> My 55+ year old father-in-law wants to start learning building |
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websites. |
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> I am having him install Nvu and want to setup ftp to my web server |
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and |
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> give him his own directory to play with. |
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> I have never had a need for ftp since I have always used ssh. |
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However, |
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> I want to make it as easy as possible for him to learn web page |
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design, |
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> so that is why I thought ftp would be the easiest and most supported |
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by |
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> tools. He uses winXP and I think Nvu can publish to ftp. If he |
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really |
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> gets into building websites, he wants to purchase something like |
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> dreamweaver. |
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> From my perspective, I don't want an ftp server that will allow |
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someone |
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> to get in to my gentoo box by brute forcing a username and password. |
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I |
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> guess I can install something like denyhosts if the ftp server uses |
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tcp |
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> wrappers. |
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> Thanks for any guidance, |
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> |
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> Jim |
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[Timothy A. Holmes] |
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Take a look at sftp - its part of ssh - I don't know if nvu supports it |
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or not but I know dreamweaver does |
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Timothy A. Holmes |
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IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher |
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Medina Christian Academy |
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A Higher Standard... |
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Jeremiah 33:3 |
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Jeremiah 29:11 |
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Esther 4:14 |
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