2009-08-23

Build Your Own FTP Server

This advanced free GNU GPL Web and FTP server - Xerver for people who wants to build up their own website but do not want to spend any cost on server rental. Here are the details:





User Friendly

  • A very-easy-to-use setup web interface, including a Setup Wizard.
  • "Check for updates" feature is included.


Features

  • A complete FTP server is included.
  • HTTP/0.9, HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1 supported.
  • All HTTP methods suppported (GET, POST and HEAD).
  • Advanced logging.
  • Create aliases (virtual directories).
  • Create password protected folders. (Create users and choose which folder(s) each user shall have access to).
  • Run CGI-scripts (run your own scripts on your hard drive). Among other script types, Perl and PHP scripts can be run.
  • Allow/deny directory listing.
  • Choose which port Xerver shall use.
  • Use your own error pages (for example "404 Not Found").
  • Choose which files shall be considered index-files.
  • Run Xerver as a background process.
  • Remote administration available.


Security

  • Allow users to download only files with certain file extensions.
  • Choose which folder(s) you want to share.
  • Choose if you want to share hidden files.
  • If you create password protected folders, the crypto that is used by Xerver is a safe one-way crypto which by today has no known decrypting algorithms.


About Xerver

  • Xerver is free ware.
  • Xerver is open source, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
  • Any computer/system (such as Windows, Linux, UNIX, Mac etc.) with a Java interpreter installed can run Xerver.
  • Requires less than 1 Mb hard drive space.
  • Requires very low system resources.



Platforms : Windows / Mac


File Size : 1.11 MB