Hi,
I have just implemented a web-based FTP utility on our web site, www.ozarweb.com .
It allows you to FTP any server on the Internet using just your web browser.
You are welcome to test it.
As long as the bandwidth consumption will not turn into a problem, I'll keep it as a free service.
The good news is that this web application is based on a free open-source project from net2ftp.com and there must be many alternative web sites who have implemented it.
I will appreciate if anyone can mention alternative web applications or sites which provide similar functionality except for the built-in control panels of web hosts.
By the way, does anyone know of a web host which doesn't provide an online control panel or one which lacks a file-manager or web-based FTP? (just out of curiosity)
-M
Greg K posted this at 19:22—14th June 2007.
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How secure is the site? I see you have the option for SSL connection, but the pages are not on a secure server. Also, and this is nothing against you, myself I wouldn't use someone else's site to submit my login information to my servers.
On the plus side, from doing an anonymous login, it looks really nice. It seems to function very nicely as well. I did find an error on it, I think it was because I browsed to a directly that I don't have permission for. Would be nice to get a "polite" error rather than a error from PHP. (if you want, I'll PM you the server and the path I was trying to browse to).
Other than my one concern, this would be something I'd be willing to use if out on a public computer.
-Greg
[EDIT] PS: I came across the link on your site that takes you to net2ftp.com, and tried to go to the same directory I got the error with on your site, and got a similar PHP error on theirs.
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maclord posted this at 21:37—14th June 2007.
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Great review, thanks!
I note your remarks.
The actual Net2FTP software is at some sort of beta (v. 0.95) which explains some of the bugs.
Having not yet truely implemented the SSL feature, I think this web app is especially useful in environments away from your personal computer and where the Internet connection is limited to http protocol through a firewall.
Also to be able to upload a full bunch of (too many) files of folders in a single zipped file, and then unzip the archive on the server and vice versa is a great time saver. In my case, with my 256 Kbps connection, I get some of my uploading / downloading accomplished in about ten minutes which otherwise take hours with an FTP hard client.
:flame:
I'll try to improve the system as soon as I have the time to sit back working on it.
-Maclord
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akopayan posted this at 13:19—2nd July 2007.
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Thanks for sharing your review with us. Personal experience is highly appreciated.
Freedom posted this at 11:21—3rd July 2007.
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Hello. I think that easeast way is IE.
andy206uk posted this at 16:06—6th July 2007.
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This is a bit off topic but IE is not a proper FTP client - it applies http timeouts to FTP uploads which is a nightmare if the file you are uploading is more than a couple of meg in size. (although to be fair - you would have the same issue uploading using an FTP client over the web).
Andyk
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