Re: ftp server

Running _any_ unnecessary services on a firewall is generally considered a
bad idea.  When you run such a service on the firewall itself you broaden
the security footprint on the very device you want to have the smallest
security footprint so that it can do its job of protecting the rest of the
network.  The recommended configuration is to place a server node in the
orange zone and configure forwarding rules appropriate for FTP.  If you
don't have an orange zone configured on your IPcop, second best would be to
poke a hole to a node in the green zone. IPcop 2.x has pre-defined services
so all you have to do is select "FTP" from the drop down list of ports you
want to forward, give it the internal IP, and you're set.

If you have a linux flavored machine behind your firewall you might want to
look at vsftp or proftp packages. If Windows is more your speed, look at
FileZilla. In either case, these are not meant for use on IPcop itself, but
a second computer sitting behind the IPcop.

HTH

Matt

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:52 PM, scout_iosif <[email protected]>
wrote:

> hello.
>
> i want to setup a ftp server on the ipcop machine (v2.2.1). is there any
> package that i can use? also a ftp server setting in the ipcop gui would
> help.
>
> thanks
> josef
>
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