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A user can use the same SFTP client to access Linux, UNIX, Windows machines, and can run a client from Linux, UNIX or Windows machines. SFTP uses a standardized protocol. There is the difference between mounting a remote volume and doing a file transfer. Say I'm sitting in a hotel in Beijing and want to transfer a file from MSU onto a colleague's laptop is the VPN going to work? Flexibility is good, IMO. -Tom Chris Wolf wrote: > Just out of curiosity, why use FTP at all? We have users access > Windows shares from off-campus by using MSU's VPN. Wouldn't that take > care of most of your needs? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *On Behalf Of *Ehren Benson > *Sent:* Friday, October 12, 2007 3:33 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [MSUNAG] Creative SFTP solutions on windows IIS > > Windows folks: > > We used to run FTP for users to access their files in their home > directories from either out of the building using our RRAS vpn or on > those older systems (NT-98) that don’t directly access them through > shares. However recently we have disabled that because of the very > unsecure nature of FTP. We would like to provide SFTP functionality as > people tend to not like that we took regular FTP away. > > I found a free solution from freeftpd.com but I would like it to be > integrated with IIS but I just don’t know if that’s possible…whereas > for websites you can enable SSL, you can’t for FTP sites. I even just > installed IIS7 on the test box I have with WinServer2008 RC0 and it > seems that all web services have been updated in IIS7…however if you > want to use FTP services it dumps you back into its IIS6 console with > all the same options…so much for the hope they would have updated that… > > Any creative ideas/options anyone else has implemented? > > Ehren J. Benson, MCSE > > *Windows Systems Administrator* > > Department of Physics and Astronomy > > Michigan State University > > 1209 A Biomed Phys Sci > > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > 517-355-9200 x2569 >