Re: Serv-U FTP deals makes connections with www.cat-soft.com

[Dimitry Andric <dim () XS4ALL NL>]

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On 2000-09-21 at 21:38 [ KoSaK ] wrote:

> I was sniffing my Network connections with Win98 station when i saw
> in the results that
> my Serv-U FTP Server was dealing with http://www.cat-soft.com
> I think Serv-U is a sneak.
> Can someone tell me more about this ?

Quoting from the Serv-U FTP Server Read Me:

<quote>
TRY-OUT
=======
FTP Serv-U is shareware, which means you can try it before you decide
to
register (or not). Feel free to pass the try-out version around, but
please
do not distribute any registration keys. The 45 day try-out version
comes in
two flavors, one of which can be chosen during the first start-up:
Either a
fully functional version that contacts a permission server to enforce
the 45
days of try-out, or, a slightly crippled version that does not
contact the
permission server.
</quote>

When you first start Serv-U, you get a really big, very explicit
dialog which explains all this, and lets you choose between fully
functional (but contacting a permission server to enforce the time
limit), or crippled (and not contacting anything). You should really
read this stuff before you click "I Agree". ;-)

So there you have it, you probably chose the fully functional
version, which contacts its permission server, as it announced quite
clearly. Whether such practices are ethical or not, is matter of much
debate/flaming, but not really ontopic, I'd guess.

Btw, registered versions of Serv-U don't contact anything at all, so
it seems. The program is pretty good, as Win32 shareware goes, and
isn't even expensive, so you might even consider buying it. ;-) (No
no, I'm not endorsing, etc. If you want to save money just get a
Linux/*BSD FTP server.)

Cheers,
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