Looking for a Linux-like FTP server for Windows

My Linux server is across the ocean, behind a firewall and I have to
provision some IP phones, so the *temporary* solution (until I get a
decent server as God intended) is to install an FTP server in my
Windows laptop.

The clear text FTP provisioning is working fine, but I'd like to make
sure that I can provision the phones through encrypted FTP.

In the past I have been burned by FTP having so many different
encrypted successors (unlike the nice telnet --> ssh transition).

http://compnetworking.about.com/od/f...winftpserv.htm

I have tried WarFTP Daemon, but couldn't even connect due to some
"unknown reson (sic)". The award for the worst possible FTP server
goes to FileZilla. I am now trying Xlight FTP Sever, but I am not
clear whether it supports the same type of encryption used in Linux.

Thanks for any tips and pointers...

-Ramon

Ramon F Herrera <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> My Linux server is across the ocean, behind a firewall and I have to
> provision some IP phones, so the *temporary* solution (until I get a
> decent server as God intended) is to install an FTP server in my
> Windows laptop.

I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve here. Do you want to
transfer a file from your laptop to the server?

If you have an SSL connection, via a terminal emulator, you can make a
file transfer using kermit over this connection.

You do not need an FTP server for this.

Mark.

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Mark Hobley,
393 Quinton Road West,
Quinton, BIRMINGHAM.
B32 1QE.

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:17:15 -0800, Ramon F Herrera rearranged some
electrons to say:

> My Linux server is across the ocean, behind a firewall and I have to
> provision some IP phones, so the *temporary* solution (until I get a
> decent server as God intended) is to install an FTP server in my Windows
> laptop.
>
> The clear text FTP provisioning is working fine, but I'd like to make
> sure that I can provision the phones through encrypted FTP.
>
> In the past I have been burned by FTP having so many different encrypted
> successors (unlike the nice telnet --> ssh transition).
>
> http://compnetworking.about.com/od/ftpfiletransfer/tp/
aatp_winftpserv.htm
>
> I have tried WarFTP Daemon, but couldn't even connect due to some
> "unknown reson (sic)". The award for the worst possible FTP server goes
> to FileZilla. I am now trying Xlight FTP Sever, but I am not clear
> whether it supports the same type of encryption used in Linux.
>
> Thanks for any tips and pointers...
>
> -Ramon

Can't understand what you are trying to do.

If you're trying to transfer files from your laptop to a Linux server,
then what you need on your laptop is an FTP *client*.

On Jan 11, 12:17 am, Ramon F Herrera <ra...@conexus.net> wrote:
> My Linux server is across the ocean, behind a firewall and I have to
> provision some IP phones, so the *temporary* solution (until I get a
> decent server as God intended) is to install an FTP server in my
> Windows laptop.
>
> The clear text FTP provisioning is working fine, but I'd like to make
> sure that I can provision the phones through encrypted FTP.
>
> In the past I have been burned by FTP having so many different
> encrypted successors (unlike the nice telnet --> ssh transition).
>
> http://compnetworking.about.com/od/f...atp_winftpserv...
>
> I have tried WarFTP Daemon, but couldn't even connect due to some
> "unknown reson (sic)". The award for the worst possible FTP server
> goes to FileZilla. I am now trying Xlight FTP Sever, but I am not
> clear whether it supports the same type of encryption used in Linux.
>
> Thanks for any tips and pointers...
>
> -Ramon

This will illustrate some of the many alternatives and variations:

http://patriot.net/~ramon/Secure-FTPs.png

Linux uses the one on the top right. I am looking for that, but on
Windows.

-RFH

Ramon F Herrera wrote:

>
> My Linux server is across the ocean, behind a firewall and I
> have to provision some IP phones, so the *temporary* solution
> (until I get a decent server as God intended) is to install an
> FTP server in my Windows laptop.

FTP stand for File Transfer Protocol.

What you want to do is tunneling IP traffic, which can be easyly
done using SSH. PuTTY is a free SSH Client for Windows, that
also can tunnel traffic. However it's more an Ad-Hoc solution.

Probably you're happier using a VPN (Virtual Private Network).
OpenVPN is a widely used solution, which is avaliable for Linux
and Windows.

Wolfgang Draxinger
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On 11 Jan, 04:17, Ramon F Herrera <ra...@conexus.net> wrote:
> The award for the worst possible FTP server
> goes to FileZilla.

Not sure why you think this? I was going to suggest the filezilla
server, I've found it easy to use and compatible with most variants.

CrossFTP is well spoken of. Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_FTP_servers
for other info

> My Linux server is across the ocean, behind a firewall and I have to
> provision some IP phones, so the *temporary* solution (until I get a
> decent server as God intended) is to install an FTP server in my
> Windows laptop.

I have no idea what is "provisioning" nor why that requires an FTP
server, but I have still have some suggestions which I hope you'll find
useful:
1 - [tongue in cheek, so maybe not that useful] upgrade your laptop to
GNU/Linux.
2 - You don't seem constrained by a specific variant of the encrypted
FTP protocol, so it seems you can choose both the client and the
server, so maybe `sftp' (which is not exactly an encrypted FTP
protocol) would work as well. If your firewall only lets you use
port-25, you can easily run your ssh/sftp daemon on port 25 as well.


-- Stefan

On Jan 11, 3:56 pm, roberthar...@my-deja.com wrote:
> On 11 Jan, 04:17, Ramon F Herrera <ra...@conexus.net> wrote:
>
> > The award for the worst possible FTP server
> > goes to FileZilla.
>
> Not sure why you think this? I was going to suggest the filezilla
> server, I've found it easy to use and compatible with most variants.
>

Actually, I changed my mind and am now using FileZilla.

-Ramon

On Jan 13, 6:20 pm, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> > My Linux server is across the ocean, behind a firewall and I have to
> > provision some IP phones, so the *temporary* solution (until I get a
> > decent server as God intended) is to install an FTP server in my
> > Windows laptop.
>
> I have no idea what is "provisioning" nor why that requires an FTP
> server, but I have still have some suggestions which I hope you'll find
> useful:

High end IP phones, such as those made by Polycom, cannot work
properly by themselves. They need a "boot server" -for configuration,
firmware upgrades, logging, even to place a company logo in their
display- which can be:

FTP
FTP(S)

The first one is a piece of cake. Anyone can do plain text FTP
provisioning. Now I want to make sure that I can provision those
phones in a more secure (i.e., encrypted + certs) manner.

I am taking the letters "FTP(S)" verbatin from the IP phone display.
My first question is: "what exactly do they (Polycom engineers) mean
by "FTP(S)"?

Which of these protocols (or subvariations) are supported?

http://patriot.net/~ramon/Secure-FTPs.png

What port(s) are involved?

Eventually the boot server will be Linux, but for the time being I
just need a quick solution, which is to install an FTP in my Windows
laptop.

After trying several, I have decided to use FileZilla, with warts and
all.

-Ramon

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:26:12 -0800, Ramon F Herrera rearranged some
electrons to say:

>
> I am taking the letters "FTP(S)" verbatin from the IP phone display. My
> first question is: "what exactly do they (Polycom engineers) mean by
> "FTP(S)"?
>

I guess calling Polycom and asking them is to much to ask?

http://www.polycom.com/usa/en/support/voice/voice.html