Re: Strategy for FTP transfers

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----- Original Message -----
From: <oliver.wenzel@cibavision.novartis.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 11:43 PM
Subject: Strategy for FTP transfers


> Hello,
>
> we are currently converting our SNADS file transfers to FTP, or at least
new
> transfer
> requests are done via FTP.
>
> How do you handle these FTP transfers? Once setup, SNADS was really simple
> to
> use - but we're getting more and more non-AS400 systems to communicate
with.
>
> All of these FTP transfers are happening on our WAN - no outside
connections
>
> (internet) are planned.
>
> So, my main questions are:
>
>   - how do you handle security (special FTP libs, users etc.) ?
>   - checking of successful transfers (logging)
>   - unexpected downtime of remote systems
>   - who initiates the transfer..
>   - any tools that provide SNADS like features?
>
> Thanks for your input,
>
> Oliver
>
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