As an alternative to FTP, what must I set up to get Firefox to "Down load" files something like when I go to get a new copy of Firefox?
My desire is to establish a system where I send and in email a link to someone who uses their browser to follow it back to a web site where I have placed a file for them to retrieve. 1) It should not do auto run, 2) the transmitted URL should identify the file(s) to down load, 3) All inside of SSL.
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You probably can find free and non-free ASP and ASP.Net applications for your server that satisfy your requirements and include an HTTP or Flash uploader.
Or you could use a file storage service such as Dropbox or OneDrive where you can post hidden and/or password protected folders and share a link at the folder level (the user would need to manually download each file unless you created a ZIP/RAR/etc. archive combining all of them).
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Do you have a certificate installed on your web server, so you can use a secure connection?
You only need to upload the file(s) to a server that supports a secure connection and send the link to such a file to others that you want to be able to download the file. Firefox will never auto run the file and always offer to save the file, so if they use Firefox then this wouldn't be an issue.
Best would be if the server is configured to send the file as application/octet-stream as that will always force a download action.
The server is NATed and has a certificate. The server is IIS does that pose any problems I should be weary of? Does your suggestion allow up loading as well?
For uploading files to the server you may have to use other software because Firefox only supports downloading via passive FTP and not uploading files to the server.
- FileZilla: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
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You probably can find free and non-free ASP and ASP.Net applications for your server that satisfy your requirements and include an HTTP or Flash uploader.
Or you could use a file storage service such as Dropbox or OneDrive where you can post hidden and/or password protected folders and share a link at the folder level (the user would need to manually download each file unless you created a ZIP/RAR/etc. archive combining all of them).
Both of the responses have helped me. Thank you.