To safely use secure-FTP with Serv-U, using SSL/TLS to encrypt the FTP session and file tranfers, you *MUST* create your own certificate. To do this go to the 'Server | Settings | SSL Certificate' tab and fill in your own entries for the certificate presented there (you can get context sensitive help for this by pressing F1).
The reason for this has to do with the way SSL works. Associated with the certificate are two encryption keys named "private key" and "public key". To keep FTP traffic secret the private key has to be a secret. The default certificate that gets installed has the same keys for every installation and is thus no secret.
THE SERV-U PROMO MESSAGE
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This is Serv-U version 4.0, a flexible FTP server (or Daemon) for all 32-bit versions of MS-Windows (Win95, Win98, WinME, NT, Win2000,XP). It turns any PC with a network connection into an FTP site on the Internet.
Serv-U offers the following:
* Easy to set up and use.
* A Windows standard, with over 35000 registered users!
* Support for Secure-FTP through SSL/TLS.
* Lots of security through passwords, read/write/append/modify rights per directory or file for each user (including Anonymous), and access restrictions based on IP address.
* Fast and rock solid!
* Multiple 'virtual' FTP servers can be set up on a single instance of Serv-U.
* Supports multiple simultaneous users and transfers.
* Server can be administered remotely.
* Supports S/KEY one-time passwords.
* Can run as a native 'system service' in NT, Windows 2000 and Windows 95/98/ME/XP.
* Support for temporary accounts that are automatically deleted upon expiration.
* Support for UL/DL ratios, disk quota limitations, network bandwidth limiting, and automatic anti-anti-time-out plus anti-hammering measures.
* Full UNC path support.
* Support for virtual paths. Directories or drives can be mapped to any location in a user's directory structure.
* Support for 'links' such as those used in UNIX.
* Full support for all 'ls' directory listing options.
* Support for messages to users, or from users to the server.
* Users can be put into groups for easy maintenance of large numbers.
* A complete implementation of the FTP standard in RFC959, RFC1123, RFC1760, RFC2228, RFC2246, RFC2289, RFC2389 and the Secure-FTP draft.
* Supports resuming of file uploads and downloads.
* Configurable messages for sign-on, sign-off, login, and directory changes.
* Has time-out and time-limit features, so connections are automatically cleared when idle, hung, or connected too long.
* Easy to setup and maintain through a separate administrator program. For automated maintenance the settings are stored in an .INI file of simple format.
* Has an open architecture which makes monitoring, changing and extending the server behavior possible through external DLLs.
* Logs all transactions to file and screen that can be read by other applications. Includes unique session IDs, time, and date stamps.
EDITIONS
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Serv-U comes in three editions: A free "Personal Edition" that provides all the functionality needed for personal home use. Next is "Standard Edition", intended as the file sharing solution for most personal and business users. "Professional Edition is for corporate FTP sites that need many virtual FTP servers and high-volume traffic. For a complete overview of Serv-U's Editions please see http://www.Serv-U.com/
TRY-OUT
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Serv-U is trialware, which means you can try it before you decide to register. Feel free to pass the try-out version around, but please do not distribute any registration keys. The 30 day trial version is fully functional and identical to "Professional Edition". After the trial time has expired Serv-U automatically becomes a "Personal Edition" server.
INSTALLATION/UPGRADING
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Serv-U comes as a self-extracting installation executable. Follow the interactive setup and it will do the hard work for you. An uninstall program is also included which makes complete removal of all Serv-U files easy.
To upgrade from a previous version the same installation program can be used. It will automatically look for and upgrade your existing installation of Serv-U. Of course, it never hurts to make a backup of your Serv-U directory before upgrading.
NOTES FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS
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The self-extracting installation executable is a zip-file in itself which can be unpacked using any unzip utility. This lets one scan the contained executables for viruses if needed. Also, instead of the interactive setup Serv-U can be installed by simply copying the executables to their destination directory. No other system changes are needed. The online help file has more information relevant to system administrators, such as startup options and network installation.
CONTACT INFORMATION
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If you have any questions or comments then please check out the Serv-U Web site. This site has links for support, information, pricing, and registration. The WWW address is:
