Setting Up An FTP Server Using Bulletproof FTP Server

Download and Install from

http://www.bpftp.com/


Basics

1. Start the program.
2. Click on Setup > Main > General from the pull-down menu.
3. Enter your Server Name into the Server Name box. Under Connection set the “Max number of users" to any number. This is the limit as to how many users can be on your sever at any time.


4. Click on the Options tab of that same panel (on the side).
5. Look at the bottom, under IP Options. Put a check in the box Refuse Multiple Connections from the same IP. This will prevent one person from blocking your FTP to others.
6. Also put a check in the Blocked Banned IP (instead of notifying client). VERY IMPORTANT! If somebody decides to Hammer (attempt to login numerous times VERY quickly) your server/computer may CRASH if you don't enable this.

7. Click on the Advanced tab.
8. At the bottom again look at the Hammering Area.
9. Enable Anti-Hammer and Do Not Reply to People Hammering. Set it for the following: Block IP 120 min if 5 connections in 60 sec. You can set this at whatever you want to but that is pretty much a standard Click 'OK'.



Adding Users
11. Setup > User Accounts form pull-down menu.
12. Right Click in the empty User Accounts area on the right: choose Add
13. Enter account name. (ie: logon name)
14. In the Access rights box Right Click: choose Add.
15. Browse until you find the directory (folder) you want to share. In the right column you will see a bunch of checkboxes. Put a check in the following ones: Read, Write, Append, Make, List, and +Subdirs. Press select.
16. Enter a password for your new FTP account.



17. Click on Miscellaneous in the left column. Make sure Enable Account is selected. Enable Max Number of Users set it to a number other than zero. 1 for a personal account and more that one for a group account. Enable Max. no. of connects per IP set it at 1.

18. Under Files enable show relative path this is a security issue. A FTP client will now not be able to see the ENTIRE path of the FTP. It will only see the path from the main directory. Hide hidden flies as well.
Put a tick in both of these.



Advanced:
You don't need to do any of this stuff, but It will help tweak your server and help you maintain order on it. All of the following will be broken down into small little areas that will tell you how to do one thing at a time.

Changing the Port
The default port is always 21, but you can change this. Many ISPs will routinely do a scan of its own users to find a ftp server, also when people scan for pubs they may scan your IP, thus finding your FTP Server. If you do decide to change it many I suggest that you make the port over 10,000.
1. Setup > Main > General
2. In the Connection area is a setting labeled Listen on Port Number:
3. Make it any number you want. That will be your port number.
4. Click OK'

Making an 'Upload Only' or 'Download Only' FTP Server.
This is for the entire SERVER, not just a user.
1. Setup > Main > Advanced
2. In the advanced window you will have the following options: uploads and downloads, downloads only, and uploads only. By default upload and download will be checked. Change it to whatever you want.
3. Click 'OK’

you forgot to mention your source buddy:

http://sassysplace.net/ftp1.html

or is this another copy paste.

next time put the link instead, or at least mention it

other good ftp server: serv-u
quite simple as well.

no bro.. I had a few tutorials in my COM for a long time and i was using them in my forums.... I didnt know that my tutorials were stolen by those websites...

Sorry im a bit slow.

What is FTP?

FTP, File Transfer Protocol. It's a way of moving files around. (Like copy and paste) but is used by most people her to move files from their computers to the server that host their website.

You can setup a FTP server to hold files that you need to share with other users. Then they can login as "anonymous" or with a login password to download those file to their computer.

This was the short explanation and it's a lot more to it.

Nils

That was a really short and SWEET explanation of FTP Nils I couldn't have explained it any better in so short...

mincoo: If you want further details, refer to: http://www.wikipedia.org/ and search for the term FTP. This is what they've got to say about it...



Or else, just do a google search on FTP and you'll get loads of information as to what FTP is..

Windows users I highly suggest FileZilla's FTP server, why? because it's open source and free and wasn't their FTP client good too? They released it this year in Febrary so many may not know about it.

As far as I can tell for Windows, it's quite simple with all the advanced configurations thrown in, is BulletProof FTP free? I remember using it about a few years ago, and it did require payment/registration at that time, but if it's free then it should be good to get.

I'll talk about the Linux way of doing it, there's the main http server, then theirs the UserDir way and also a fallback anonymous location if you do want anonymous connections, I won't talk about it now though, but be ready for it when I do.

Cheers,


MC

Try this one buddies. It is quite easy to set up and configure (much easier than WS_FTP Server and free).

Cerberus FTP Server
web: http://www.cerberusftp.com
Free for personal use

Cerberus FTP Server provides powerful, multithreaded FTP server performance without sacrificing ease-of-use. Designed to use very little CPU and memory, Cerberus features a user-friendly interface that can be easily hidden or accessed from the system tray. The server is able to listen for connections on multiple interfaces (Multi-homed PCs), run as an NT service, resume failed transfers, and offers an easy-to-use
manager for controlling user access to files and file operations. Connection limit, timeout, and IP access can be controlled by the administrator as well as a variety of other settings. In addition, Cerberus FTP Server offers statistics on connections as well as
robust logging capabilities.

And for you non windows users out there..... Some more FTP servers.. (free and open )

vsftpd (Very secure ftp daemon) http://vsftpd.beasts.org/ (GPL-2 licence)

pure-ftpd http://www.pureftpd.org/ (BSD licence) (with gui frontend)

http://www.proftpd.org/ (GPL lcence)

all have the usual ftp fatures and goals.

This is a good tutorial,i wanted to setup my own server and i had done it ,but was always guessing how to provide an ftp server ,well as i know now i would be able to do it and who knows ,i might start up my own webhosting company someday,but i feel something new has to be done as there are so many webhost already available on the internet ,dont these have any security issues,i have seen one of my friends server crashed when he did something like istalling apache and all

Many Thanks for all the great info guys!

Yeah I second MC's motion.. for Windows one should cut the crap and just install FileZilla server It's easy as hell to setup including granting directory based read/write access to users. If you install XAMPP you'll know for sure coz it comes as a part of the installation.

Cheers,
m^e

its bettr to use: ftp://ftpname.com

Nice Tutorial rmdort I've been trying to find a way to host a FTP Server On My CPU So, When I Go To School I Enter My IP And Port, Along With My User Name And Password, I Can Get My Files Such As Projects, Music, Videos etc. I Guess Now I Don't Have To Download Those Programs off The Web That Will Open An FTP Server On My Computer, But Limits That I Can Only Download About 10 Files A Day. Love This Tutorial So Much I'm Gonna Bookmark it.

Thanks For Sharing This Data With Us!

Following is the list of ftp softwares available
you can google for any name to find more detail about them:

* — proprietary, freeware, Windows only. Personal FTP server.
* ArGoSoft FTP Server — proprietary, shareware, Windows only. Some earlier version might have been freeware.
* BulletProof FTP Server — commercial (Windows)
* Cerberus FTP Server — "free for personal use and not-for-profit charitable organizations", Windows only
* CesarFTP — freeware, Windows only
* CrossFTP Server — open source, free software, Windows, Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X.
* CrushFTP Server — Professional shareware server supporting FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL protocols. Runs on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris, etc.
* G6 FTP Server — commercial (Windows)
* GlobalSCAPE Secure FTP Server — commercial (WinNT+) FTP/S, SSH, HTTP/S, Automation
* Fastream IQ Web/FTP Server — "totally free personal version and 30-day trial professional version available as bundled in one program.", Windows only
* FileCOPA FTP Server — commercial, Windows.
* FileZilla Server — open source, free software, WinNT 4.+/2K/XP only
* freeFTPd — free, WinNT 4.+, supports FTP/S and SFTP
* GuildFTP Daemon server — proprietary software, Windows only
* IceWarp Server — free and commercial editions, Windows and Linux, integrates FTP over SSL and S/KEY authentication with email/IM accounts
* JSCAPE Secure FTP Server — free and commercial editions; Linux, Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X with support for FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP/S, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL protocols.
* Microsoft Internet Information Services — proprietary, Windows only, included in most versions of Windows after and including NT 3.51.
* NASLite — free software; Linux based FTP/NAS server
* Pure-FTPd — free software; Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X, Windows (experimental), et al.
* RaidenFTPD FTP Server — commercial (Windows)
* Serv-U FTP Server — commercial (Windows)
* Sysax Multi Server — free and commercial editions (Windows) supports FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SSH, Telnet, HTTP, and HTTPS
* Titan FTP Server — commercial (Windows) (South River Technologies) Supports FTP, SFTP and FTP over SSL
* War FTP Daemon — freeware (Windows)
* WS_FTP Server — commercial (Windows) (Ipswitch)
* VicFTPS — freeware (Windows)
* Xlight FTP Server — Free for personal, supports IPv6 (Windows)
* zFTPServer — Free Windows FTP server, supports SSL
* Rumpus FTP, SSL, Web interface (Mac OS X (Intel/PPC))

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Nice list. Thanks, Umar Shah.
Just one question, did you forget something, or do you confirm that FileZilla ftp server does not work with Windows Vista ?

That's a great tutorial you put together.
I always wanted to setup an FTP server!

Tutorial for Cerberus FTP ServerHow To Setup An Ftp Server

Here is another tutorial for setting up Cerberus FTP Server:

http://www.Cerberusftp.Com/tutorial/how-to-setup-an-ftp-server.html

 

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