Public Ftp Site?

[Computer Nerd Kev]

I just joined the forum and am waiting for the next Heliohost account signup period, so I thought I'd ask something I've been wondering about the service.

 

I know public FTP sites are pretty old hat these days, but there doesn't appear to be anything stated in the Wiki or Terms of Service about whether they are allowed. Perhaps the anwser would be obvious once I got my site registered, but even if it is I'd still be interested to know why.

 

As it is I'd be interested in running a small public FTP site, but I'll still be signing up if it isn't possible.

[wolstech]

We don't specifically prohibit them. However, if you allow public uploads, you are responsible for what people upload and you only get 500MB of space, so a lot of things won't fit. Also, if any of the files are infected, you might get suspended for malware when the AV scan runs.

[Computer Nerd Kev]

OK thanks. I'd be manually checking uploads before making them public.

 

The size limit shouldn't be much of a problem for what I've got in mind, I'm not planning on mirroring my favourite mainstream Linux distro.