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an FTP server which supports w3c log
Does anyone know if there's an FTP server which supports w3c type format.
I use IIS4.0 for HTTP file download by the remote users and i have a 'tweak' in the URL like so:-
www.mysite.com/files/xyz.exe?ACMELIMITED=xyz.exe
using this so call 'trick' i can actually embed the company code into my download URLs (the company code can be captured via cookies or other serverside scripts) which in turn WILL show up in the IIS logfile.
HTTP obviously is not cut for efficient file up/downloads - so i 'd like to move to FTP servers BUT then i lose all those codes embeded in the URL. Do u know if there are any FTP servers which supports this w3c type logging or at least capture all the string in the URL parameters.
And,.. .. how do you generally analyse who downloaded what from your FTPsites without somesort of autenticated login screening procedure?
I use IIS4.0 for HTTP file download by the remote users and i have a 'tweak' in the URL like so:-
www.mysite.com/files/xyz.exe?ACMELIMITED=xyz.exe
using this so call 'trick' i can actually embed the company code into my download URLs (the company code can be captured via cookies or other serverside scripts) which in turn WILL show up in the IIS logfile.
HTTP obviously is not cut for efficient file up/downloads - so i 'd like to move to FTP servers BUT then i lose all those codes embeded in the URL. Do u know if there are any FTP servers which supports this w3c type logging or at least capture all the string in the URL parameters.
And,.. .. how do you generally analyse who downloaded what from your FTPsites without somesort of autenticated login screening procedure?
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IIS4's FTP Server does support W3C logging. You probably do not have it enabled or properly configured. Check the log settings for the FTP site in the management console. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Hmm possibly I misunderstood the question (I'm still not sure) but yes IIS FTP server does support W3C format log files. This is turned on by accessing the properties panel of the ftp server and then selecting the log format that you want (which is at the bottom of the panel).
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Steve
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yes, i shall check it out today....
all i needed for some like this in an HTML page
<A href="ftp://myftpserver.somesite.com/dirx/filez.exe?acme=filez.exe">
of course in the HTTP/CGI realm the CGI.query_string is "?pizzahut=filez.exe" which is 100% valid in an HTTP file transfer BUT whether it workz in a href="ftp://..." is what we are about to find out.
All this for what? so that the word 'acme' appears somewhere in some ftp log file.
all i needed for some like this in an HTML page
<A href="ftp://myftpserver.somesite.com/dirx/filez.exe?acme=filez.exe">
of course in the HTTP/CGI realm the CGI.query_string is "?pizzahut=filez.exe" which is 100% valid in an HTTP file transfer BUT whether it workz in a href="ftp://..." is what we are about to find out.
All this for what? so that the word 'acme' appears somewhere in some ftp log file.
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the code ACMELIMITED is a internet user's company code which i have obtained via his cookie (which gets created when he registers for using the site)