Rumpus
Current Version: 3.5.6 (May 12, 2005) / 6.2.10 (July 21, 2010)
Maxum Development produces the Rumpus FTP server, featuring:
- Customizable Web File Management
- File Upload Notices Via E-Mail, AppleScript Or Unix Shell Command
- Full, On-The-Fly Support For MacBinary and BinHex Formats
- Real-time Activity Graphs
- 4 Separate Log Files
- Built-In Log Rolling
- Activity Reporting, Including User Session Transcripts
- Automatic Hack Attempt Recognition and Blocking
- Folder-By-Folder Access Restrictions
- Web-Based User Administration And User Password Resets
- Support For "Port Forwarding" Private LAN Bridges
- Automatically Expiring User Accounts
- User Account Size And Transfer Rate Restrictions
Version 6.2.10 - the latest version for Mac OS X - adds/changes the following:
- A logging bug that could cause junk text to be included in the error log has been corrected.
- In the Web File Manager, files accessed through aliases can now be reliably renamed.
- The WFM interface has been updated for iPad access to improve scrolling in long file listings.
- The WFM file/folder rename function now works correctly when the upload/make folder privilege is assigned via Folder Set.
- WebDAV users logged in through user accounts with a specific configuration of folder set permissions are now blocked from deleting the folder specified in the folder set (reflecting the same behavior applied to Web and FTP users).
- The Drag & Drop Uploader applet as been updated with a new code signing certificate.
Rumpus comes in two editions: standard and professional. The standard version supports up to 32 simultaneous users and 32 user accounts defined in Rumpus' built-in security. For larger sites and ISPs, Rumpus Pro supports up to 256 simultaneous connections, and user accounts defined in built-in security are limited only by RAM. Besides these differences, the Standard and Pro versions are identical. Pricing for Rumpus standard ranges from $249 (1 server) to $1,494 (10 servers); pricing for Rumpus professional ranges from $395 (1 server) to $2,370 (10 servers). The Rumpus ordering page has more information.
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Built Into Mac OS X
Mac OS X has a huge amount of TCP/IP-based server software built into it that I don't specifically cover here. Your "Sharing" Preference Pane allows you to enable and disable these services with a click of the mouse. The software running behind the scenes to provide many of these services is generally of the open source variety. The standard release of Mac OS X includes, among many others:
- Apache httpd (web server; enabled via the Sharing Preference Pane).
- Postfix (mail server; see Mac OS X Hints for more information).
- tnftpd (FTP server; enabled via the Sharing Preference Pane).
- OpenSSH (Secure Shell server; enabled via the Sharing Preference Pane via "Remote Login" but additionally configurable via selected applications listed on this page).
- BIND (Domain Name System server; see Mac OS X Hints for more information).
- Samba (Windows file sharing; enabled via the Sharing Preference Pane).
- XFree86 (X Window server; enabled via the "X11" application in your "Utilities" folder, if you elected to install it with Mac OS X).
Of course, Mac OS X Server includes many more, in addition to offering more recent versions of many of the above servers.
Related Links
Graham Orndorff has written a superb collection of articles on setting up email servers and secure email clients on Mac OS X.
Also Consider . . .
These are applications that are newer and of potential interest, but which I haven't yet selected for permanent inclusion. Have a look, and let me know if you think they deserve to be part of the permanent collection!