Neowin Priv FTP server


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Since I am unable to contact Shifty as of now, I would like to post it to the people and ask your suggestion. Since I hear of talks of IIS, I am assuming you are running a NT based OS, in that case I reccomend Apache 2.0 series, very fast and designed to work better on NT based PCs.

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The Official Neowin FTP is not Timdoor's server, the Official one is undergoing stress testing and having the HTTP access set up.

Have A nice Day!

ab1225

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im installing apache on my laptop as i write this. im going to go through the readme file and get something setup

since the box i have at work has XP im going to use remote desktop to install it later tonight and hammer out all the issues.

so far here is whats going on:

1. upload pics to the FTP server

2. access them through the HTTP server

i am looking for about 5 people who have pic, avatars and screenshots of different file types. so far i have set the FTP to only accept jpgs, bmps, gifs and pngs. if i missed one or more put up a post.

im also concidering putting in a service that lets members upload zip/rar files so that members dont have to worry about looking for a site to host their files. of course this will have to be a per user basis so i dont have a giant directory full of files.

again me and 3 other admin/mods are trying to find a service that will work effectively and efficently.

i apprciate the patience that the members here are giving. again if you have broadband and would like a free Sum41 mp3 please download it and stress the server.

later tomorrow i will have uploading enabled and from there the second phase of the server stress will commence.

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also if u wanted wheal ur installing **** on that server add a irc server so u dont have to share one with all them other sites.../// :sleeping: im so board :dead: kill me

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Ladies and gents:

Neowin greatly appreciates the time and effort you people are putting into these ftps servers- thanks timdorr and shifty. Very kind people for setting them up, and running them for the good of the community.

However....

Neither shiftys OR timdorr's ftp servers are "official" neowin ftp servers. As they are not run by the "neowin elite" (!!) neowin cant take responsibility for their content or their reliability. If there is the slightest wiff ( and trust me we've got a good nose for it) of warez then all links will be removed : c'est tres simple.

any way- thats not to put you guys off. Great job for setting them up - well done! I hope you get it to work well.

Neowin Staff

btw- shifty would you please take the time to respond to my messages!!!!!!

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Originally posted by Mr magoo

As they are not run by the "neowin elite" (!!)

Out of curiousity, who[m] would be the "neowin elite" ?

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Originally posted by Mr magoo

Neither shiftys OR timdorr's ftp servers are "official" neowin ftp servers. As they are not run by the "neowin elite" (!!) neowin cant take responsibility for their content or their reliability. If there is the slightest wiff ( and trust me we've got a good nose for it) of warez then all links will be removed

This was one of my concerns from the beginning. Without full staff control/access to the ftp, it would be difficult to "moderate" the content that is stored there. The temptation to misuse/abuse the ftp space could be a problem...:ermm:

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neowin elite : neobond redmak tyme, tingle... and all the rest of us mods etc.

keldyns concerns and mine are valid : and they need addressing...

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wait, a minute. I'm a mod.... Sweet! I'm 31337!!!

If there is the slightest wiff ( and trust me we've got a good nose for it) of warez then all links will be removed

Good thing I didn't give out my mp3 account :D

but mine's just a little file dump for a while. It'll be gone in a month seeing as it's hosted in my dorm. Just making it available in the meantime...

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greetings all :D

i must say that my time here at neowin has been very rewarding and i feel like part of the family. I also have a fierce loyalty to the site and community. and with that i have decieded that i will copy over the rules from the forums board over to my ftp site. I want to make my ftp site as much closely related to neowin as possible.

My Rules are posted as the greeting message when one logs in on the site:

NO WAREZ

NO PORN

NO ILLEGALNESS

that is just the first revision. (pretty lame but to the point)

to answer many of your security questions (mainly to the elite) here is my policies and secuity setup:

-i have limited uploads to only pictures; jpgs, bmps, gifs, png

-there is a full time virus scanner running and notifies me by email of any viruses being uploaded.

-me and 2 other admins/mods will make daily random searches for anything illegal.

once i impliment the third phase of the ftp which is allowing members to upload work that they have done for hosting, things will get a bit complicated. matrox's desktop weather and forum checker being uploaded would be a good example. first he would have to contact me or the other admins telling us what he wants to upload, then he must agree that we can view his files and make sure there is nothing illegal about them. from there we will grant him access to his personal folder on the ftp and from there he can up. again peridically we will be checking for illegalness. at any point that there is a breach of conduct they will be reported to the proper authorities (neowin elite) to be dealt with accordingly.:devious:

i seriously doubt that we will have any problems with warez and what not but a warning to all: any violation will be met with a swift kick in the genitals or swift justice... its your choice:evil:!!

if you have questions about my policies, send me a PM and i'll reply to you asap and post your question and my answer on this post.

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There is no worry about anything illegal cause you have me and the other FTP mods that will help out, I have been a neowin mod before and know what you guys don't like.

ab1225

Neowin

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First off... Neowin does not have a public FTP server moderated by any of our staff currently on the team.

secondly: ab1225 is NOT a Neowin moderator

This post is also closed. timdorrs, sig hosting is cool and friendly but its NOT official Neowin in the sense that this admin moderates it or is responsible for it.

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After further review of the post and talking to other mods I have re-opened this thread because there is nothing wrong with Shifty and Timdorr helping out other members.

but

Neowin is not responsible for offsite content and by no means can the moderators here at Neowin be held accountable for the space reserved by members for sig hosting etc etc

end rant.

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I tried it and averaged 85.45 kb. Very nice. I like not using the standard port 21 also (the college doesn't block all the ports for FTP's :))

EDIT

Hey Shifty are you testing the uploads yet or not? I was just curious as the only thing that is on there is Sum41.

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Yeah, i will agree Neobond.

I didn't try to advertise mine as anything official. It's just a file dump for you guys to use and i'm not going to moderate it except for once or twice a day.

As for sig hosting, the only thing that shares with Neowin is the Neo in it's name (www.timdorr.com/neosig/ for those of you who don't know). It's just a little project of mine that I used to learn about file uploads in PHP.

Again, I'm not claiming mine to be official, and if I had started this post, I would have subjected it as "Neowin FTP File Dump (non-official)" or something like that. (although, it's too late to change now)

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ok, im going to set the record straight...

my ftp is NOT an official ftp server of neowin. it never was.

if it was it would be great, but for now its all good.

i would like to make it official, but i would rather wait and see how well it goes and then talk to the neowin elite and get their input on it.

personally if i was an elite i would not accept the ftp server as official unless it proves to be successfiul and a great asset to the community over time.

me and ab1225 so far are the only ones totally working on this. there are a few others that need to get in contact with me if they still want to help.

by friday night or saturday we should have the uploads finished and get the http server ready.

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Originally posted by Shifty

-me and 2 other admins/mods will make daily random searches for anything illegal.

just wondering if you could tell us who the other mod is going to be other than ab1225

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