policy change: static verification methods

On 26-Feb-99 Adam Morris wrote:
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>  On 25-Feb-99 Chris Arnold wrote:
> > Hello
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> > Its not so much the virtual Web sites, they  I agree can be run on a 
> > single IP server
> > 
> > However
> > When it comes to giving each individual customer FTP
> > access to mange their site or have an FTP site in its own right
> > IIS4 demands that you have unique IP's
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> > Unless of course someone knows a better method
> > that is not an administrative nightmare.
> > 
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>  AFAIK there is no alternative.  FTP cannot distinguish between a request for
>  one domain or another based on the contents of the protocol.  There are two
>  alternatives here...  either we rewrite the protocol to send the hostname as
>  part of the address or you give static IP addresses to all of your ftp
>  sites.
>  
>  Adam
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Surley you can assign a root directory based on an account/password sequence
(like you can with most UNIX versions of FTP), I have accounts on machines
which only allow me access to certains parts or file system. Is this another
rewrite of the protocol by that large software vendor.


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Date: 26-Feb-99
Time: 16:02:09

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