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From: merlin@csvax.seas.smu.edu (David Hayes)
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Subject: Re: PC based FTP server
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Date: 8 Aug 90 07:05:40 GMT
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There are two fine packages that we use.  Both are freely available
to educational institutions.  (There may be some restrictions on
other uses.)  They are:

KA9Q:
	Written by Phil Karn, this package was originally developed
	for the world of packet radio.  (KA9Q is the call sign for
	Phil's radio station.)  It also supports several ethernet
	cards, and the FTP, Inc. standard for packet drivers.

	KA9Q provides a single program which si[[supports multiple
	FTP servers, FTP clients, and TELNET clients.  It also
	includes several other network utility/debugging tools,
	similar to Unix ping and traceroute.

	The latest version of KA9Q may be had via anonymous ftp to
	thumper.bellcore.com (128.96.41.1) in the directory
	/pub/ka9q.

NCSA Telnet:
	This program was written by the National Center for Supercomputer
	Applications in order to facilitate access to the NSF 
	supercomputer centers.  In a single application, it provides
	multiple TELNET clients and a single FTP server.  It can also respond
	to Unix 'rcp' requests.  There is a separate client for the
	Berkeley 'lpr' system, and an FTP client.  Several popular
	ethernet cards are supported directly, as well as the FTP
	packet driver specification.

	NCSA Telnet can be had by anonymous FTP to ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu
	(128.174.20.50) in the directory /NCSA_Telnet.

Both of these programs are fine pieces of software, available under very
easy terms, and can be had in source code form.  We use both at
SMU, and have had no trouble with either one.


	David Hayes, Manager of Computer Operations
	SMU School of Engineering & Applied Science
David Hayes	School of Engineering	Southern Methodist University
merlin@smu.edu	uunet!smu!merlin
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