[dba-VB] Goin' for the (browser based) gold

Move you ports Doug. Port 21 is just uncool and downright dangerous. 

1. Turn off Port 21 on your client's router.
2. Setup a Hamachi VPN on your and your client's computer.
3. VPN to the FTP server and Password protect access.
4. Create a good password like "{0ver+the+Hill&aroundTheBend!!}"
5. Block the IP range from that boy in China.
6. Send a note to the boys ISP addressed to abuse.***.com
7. Send an email to the boy threatening to call his mother.

It works very and I have never had any problems since.
HTH

Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Steele
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:32 AM
To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues.
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Goin' for the (browser based) gold

Hi Jim:

I have been using a Filezilla server for some time to transfer data from
clients.  The one annoying problem I have is that I'll look at the server
screen in the morning, and some 14 year old in China has been trying to
brute force the password all night, getting kicked off on every third wrong
guess then logging right back in.  I've never had a successful break in, but
it's annoying - do you have a solution for this?  I can't limit the incoming
ip range as the server is picking up data from client computers which can be
all over the place.

Thanks,
Doug

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Gustav:
>
> Why not try FileZila...many of my clients use this package because it is
so
> secure. (http://filezilla-project.org)
>
> Jim
>
>
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