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# RE: FTP Daemon shutdown

- To: <support@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: RE: FTP Daemon shutdown
- From: "Josh Gardner" <josh@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:51:30 -0800
- Importance: Normal
- In-reply-to: <002d01c29a5c$2ccdf8c0$3501af0a@ian>

Ian,
Please see my email on this topic.
Josh.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-support@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com] On Behalf Of Ian S. Piper
> Sent: 02.12.2002 15:40
> To: support@dieboldes.com
> Subject: RE: FTP Daemon shutdown
> Is there a "guest" login that a non-DES resource can use to gain access to the FTP service? There probably isn't one in existence today.
> What I'm requesting is that a "guest" login be created but with restricted access to a specific area (i.e., no connection back to staff areas.)
> If necessary, the "guest" login password could be changed daily (or as often as is deemed necessary) so that the outside resources have to get the login/password from their DES contact on an as needed basis.
> I'm sure that our IT people could make this a low maintenance item by generating a script that can manage a daily password change and have that password published to an area only accessible to DES staff on the staff site.
> I would think that would be secure enough, although, I don't know what criteria we are using to guarantee an FTP service is secure. Are they any other suggestions? (Other than FedEx-ing CDs. I've got that one covered.)
> Sincerely:
> Ian S. Piper
> Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
> 972.542.6000

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-support@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Robert McDonald
> > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 5:03 PM
> > To: support@dieboldes.com
> > Subject: RE: FTP Daemon shutdown
> > file transfer capabilities has not been stopped. the method of how they get transferred has simply changed. take a look at the staff site, you'll notice you can still upload and download files.
> > Rob

> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-support@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Ian S. Piper
> > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 5:00 PM
> > > To: support@dieboldes.com
> > > Subject: RE: FTP Daemon shutdown
> > > Some engineering drawing files from contractors are too large to email (>10MB) and the FTP site has been of great benefit in transferring that information back and forth throughout the development process. I understand the old FTP service (on lucy) was too accessible and a security risk, but, at times, it was the only way to efficiently transfer information with outside resources.
> > > To facilitate data transfers to and from non-staff members, would it be possible to have a "guest" login, perhaps through the staff site (or a completely separate site), to a restricted area on the FTP service? Or are we destined to FedEx CDs back and forth forever?
> > > Sincerely:
> > > Ian S. Piper
> > > Diebold Election Systems, Inc.
> > > 972.542.6000

> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-support@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-support@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Josh Gardner
> > > > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 4:28 PM
> > > > To: support@dieboldes.com
> > > > Subject: FTP Daemon shutdown
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > Many users have expressed a desire for a better way to share files within the company. For a long time, we've run an FTP service on lucy. This service was accessible to the outside world with no restrictions on access, and no provisions for logging user activity. FTP was a security risk, and I have shut it down for this reason.
> > > > All hope is not lost though - you can still upload and download files. Please have a look here on the staff website.
> > > > The interface is very similar to the "html ftp listing" we used to provide. You can download files by clicking on the hyperlink to the file (as you always have been able to). The new functionality I have introduced is the form at the top of the page, which will allow you to upload a file. Just hit the "browse" button to select the file, and click the "Upload" button to transfer. There is no restriction on file types or file size.
> > > > If you have any questions, or problems using the tool, please let me know.
> > > > Josh.

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