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Nice but not good enough
Authored by: zzen on Aug 12, '01 07:19:16PM

Like most things UNIX, the best servers come free. The best HTTP server is Apache, the best
FTP server is (probably, feature-wise, please let's not start talking security) ProFTPd. And there
are other FTP servers, too. They are written in C, not Java. They could be ported (and probably will be)
and they are FREE. Totally.

I won't be getting CrushFTPd certainly. I will wait for ProFTPd with it's wide userbase and lots of features,
tools, etc...

Zzen



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But anyone can use Crush...
Authored by: robg on Aug 13, '01 07:44:45PM

If you're referring to the freeware "proftpd", I agree that it's a superior package in terms of features and (probably?) performance.

However, proftpd also requires the user to compile and install from source, and the INSTALL Read Me file is 25K long, giving some indication of the number of options available and the complexity of the installation. It does compile for OS X, but it's not something that everyone might want to do themselves.

CrushFTP can be installed with a drag and drop, and configured at run time via an easy to use GUI. When the user doesn't want the FTP server running, they just quit the application. Given that many Mac users are getting their first taste of UNIX and command lines thanks to OS X, CrushFTP provides an easy route for them to gain access to powerful features that they may be uncomfortable with accessing via the command line. Compiling proftpd is probably not a great way to begin getting familiar with UNIX :-).

The best of both worlds, of course, would be if someone with the skill and time could wrap a precompiled proftpd application and a nice Cocoa front-end together in one easy to use package. If such a thing comes in to existence, it would be very well received by the Mac community, I'm sure!

-rob.



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