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axiomatic · 09-17-2006, 12:13 PM

Hello all.

I apologise if this has been covered before. I've had a search through the forum for likely terms, with no luck, so here goes...

I'm currently running an FTP server that contains all my music for when I'm at work / friends houses. The server is running off my main Windows XP box, and I'm using Filezilla's server. It all works very well, but I'm wanting to start storing my music on my SNAP server. I've been given an old 4100 from work, as two of the drives had died a death. After replacing the two failed drives with 160GB Maxtor jobs (though I can only access 125GB even after upgrading to SnapOS 3.4.805 (UK), ah well) I started to look at the FTP component.

What I'd like to know is, how good / secure is the FTP server in the SNAPs? I mean, for example, I woke up today and had two IPs attemtping to guess the Admin password for my Filezilla FTP - no big deal, I just banned there addresses - but, it made me stop and think for a second - are there known issues with the FTP server that I'm going to suffer from, since I can't get a newer version of the SnapOS to go on there? Is there an FTP access log somewhere that will show attempts at accessing the server? And are there any configuration options for banning IP addresses from with the SNAP configuration settings? So far, I've not been able to find any.

Finally, is there any way to change the FTP server on the SNAP so as to get more control, if the SNAP doesn't offer it natively?

Thanks for any help / information anyone can give me!

Axiomat.

09-17-2006, 12:13 PM	#1
axiomatic Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 5	Running a 4100 as FTP Server Hello all. I apologise if this has been covered before. I've had a search through the forum for likely terms, with no luck, so here goes... I'm currently running an FTP server that contains all my music for when I'm at work / friends houses. The server is running off my main Windows XP box, and I'm using Filezilla's server. It all works very well, but I'm wanting to start storing my music on my SNAP server. I've been given an old 4100 from work, as two of the drives had died a death. After replacing the two failed drives with 160GB Maxtor jobs (though I can only access 125GB even after upgrading to SnapOS 3.4.805 (UK), ah well) I started to look at the FTP component. What I'd like to know is, how good / secure is the FTP server in the SNAPs? I mean, for example, I woke up today and had two IPs attemtping to guess the Admin password for my Filezilla FTP - no big deal, I just banned there addresses - but, it made me stop and think for a second - are there known issues with the FTP server that I'm going to suffer from, since I can't get a newer version of the SnapOS to go on there? Is there an FTP access log somewhere that will show attempts at accessing the server? And are there any configuration options for banning IP addresses from with the SNAP configuration settings? So far, I've not been able to find any. Finally, is there any way to change the FTP server on the SNAP so as to get more control, if the SNAP doesn't offer it natively? Thanks for any help / information anyone can give me! Axiomat.