Re: **Secure** Ftp server

From: Mike (honey_at_michaelmoyse.co.uk)
Date: 07/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:29:08 +0100

Leythos wrote:

> In article <ce54oo$njp$1@thorium.cix.co.uk>, honey@michaelmoyse.co.uk
> says...
>
>>Leythos wrote:
>>
>>
>>>In article <ce3vcn$824$1@thorium.cix.co.uk>, info@michaelmoyse.co.uk
>>>says...
>>>
>>>
>>>>You only need Windows licenses for file and print services on the local
>>>>network. IIRC there are no licensing limits for FTP access. It is also
>>>>perfectly possible with a little effort and planning to run a secure FTP
>>>>server on a MS Windows machine.
>>>
>>>
>>>Actually, if you provide authenticated FTP access, using NT accounts,
>>>then you need one per user that authenticates with the server. If you
>>>use Anonymous access then none are needed. With third party services,
>>>that use authentication, not NT auth, you don't need additional licenses
>>>for the NT based server (NT means any Windows Server OS).
>>>
>>
>>Hmmm my understanding was that SMB connections require a CAL whereas
>>other types of connections do not and that licenses were for data access
>>not authentication.
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;151307
>>seems to bear this out.
>
>
> If you use an NT account for authentication it requires a license for
> each active account that is in use - if you have 5 CAL's you can have 5
> FTP users connected simultaneously (4 if you are running services as
> Administrator on the server).... If you are using Anonymous accounts
> then it's open to any number of users.

Do you have a source for that information? Everything I've found so far
points to the contrary. Next time I have to call Micrsoft Licensing I'll
ask the question though. 

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