Setting up a secure FTP server on WK3 server

[RobC343]

A question from a new users to 2k3 server...

The problem we want to solve

Offer a secure FTP option for our employees and our customers.

Basically we want to be able to have an employee direct a customer to an FTP folder where they can download a document securely.

FTP itself is not secure and my research has shown any options in WK 2003 server are not secure either. There are I have seen commercial options that will offer a secure FTP method but there are of course a great many. Ideally I would like to have it setup so that it would delete the file from the server once its downloaded by the customer. It would be nice as well to have the customer only be able to see the employee's folder and grab contents from only that folder. Anyone know of a commercial option that could accomplish this ?

Or will we have to write something in house to accomplish this ?

any opinions welcomed

[ua549]

Win2k3 and IIS 6.0 can do what you want except the automatic delete function that would have to be scripted. User isolation is no problem.

Here (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/7744106d-dd08-4352-bdb3-c2a65c474d5d.mspx?mfr=true) is an article to get you started.

[cxu123]

Many third party FTP Servers can do what you want. Such as Xlight FTP Server (http://www.xlightftpd.com), it can send email notification when file is uploaded or downloaded and write uploaded and downloaded file name to database through ODBC.