best FTP server for web server

[Bill Davidsen]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Mon October 4 2010, Rick Stevens wrote:
>>> what you mean is sftp.
>>
>> No, FTP-S.  FTP over SSL using port 989 and 990.  sftp is a part of ssh
>> and uses it's encryption mechanisms.
>
> what I SHOULD have said is " what I 'THINK' you mean", and obviously I was
> wrong:)
> so, is it better to ftp over SSL or sftp using ssh?
>
One advantage of sftp is that you don't need passwords. You can give the user 
the public key, and use the authorized hosts file for control.

This URL points to the solution to run chroot sftp: http://goo.gl/KuKl

Linux sftp, Win putty, and Mac (sftp?) work with keys. I think this is probably 
the safest way to go, dropping the user chroot into public_html.

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