it would also allow the service to be used by people behind firewalls that
block ftp (there are a lot of those, either by design or accident (read
faulty installation or software)).
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason Rimmer
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 05:43
> To: Orion-Interest
> Subject: Re: Does Orion have an FTP service?
>
>
> Why bother FTP'ing the file? Not only is the file sent cleartext
> ("orders" sound like they make include credit card info, etc.) but it's
> also one more system (and another daemon, e.g. security concerns) to
> write and support. Just make the file accessible via password protected
> HTTPS. That would make it not only secure but also utilize existing
> Orion's functionality.
>
> Neville Burnell wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does orion have an FTP service?
> > If not does anyone know of a good Java FTP server that might be used
> > with orion?
> >
> > We are looking at downloading files created by our J2EE App running
> > on Orion [basically online orders] to a remote sales order system for
> > subsequent processing. AutoFTP from Primasoft
> > (http://www.primasoft.com/ftp.htm) looks good for automating the
> > download, but Orion doesn't have an FTP service [or does it?]
> >
> > How do other Orion sites handle FTP ?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Neville Burnell
> > Business Manager Software
>
> --
> Jason Rimmer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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