[ILUG] Sharing files over the web

[Colin Rooney]

Sorry forgot the ML

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Hi Kevin,

I guess you cannot determine what browser your client uses but if it were
firefox you could try getting them to install & use FireFTP (
http://fireftp.mozdev.org/) which is a firefox plugin that allows for a
Secure FTP connections (amongst others).  I can't say much about it other
than I've used it once or twice and it worked.  On linux it uses putty for
the ssh so I guess that aspects is secure...  I don't know how it works on
windows though.

If your client uses explorer perhaps there is something similar there???

Your server is most likely running ssh already so that would just leave you
to create some users for the client to access the files.

Colin


On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Kevin Philp <kevin at cybercolloids.net>wrote:

> I have been asked by a client to consider setting up a website where a
> small group around the world can share documents securely. It sounds more
> like a job for a secure ftp server than a website but does such a thing
> exist in an easy to install and use fashion - I am not looking for a huge
> enterprise level document sharing system - something basic and functional
> that we can attach to our current server and maybe migrate to the ISP if
> appropriate.
>
> Thanks
>
> Kevin.
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