John Mort wrote: > Currently I use foxmarks and store my bookmarks on their server. But I > think I want to try setting up my own server to keep my bookmarks on, rather > than rely on some 3rd party I'm not paying to stay in business. Step one > would be to set up an FTP server on the machine that's going to store the > bookmarks, but there seems to be many options out there. Does anyone have > any FTP server preferences? I'd like to narrow down the list.
proftpd is probably best in class.
Something to remember though, ftp protocol sends everything clear text.
This means that users connecting via ftp exposes passwords just like
users connecting via telnet would. There is an ftps spec, but I'm not
sure how many clients support that for something like automatic file sync.
-Sean
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There is no silver bullet. Plus, werewolves make better neighbors
than zombies, and they tend to keep the vampire population down.
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