Does Beehive/SendFile.NET use its own ftp server?
No, the Beehive desktop clients and the SendFile.NET browser client are just clients – all files are sent to YOUR ftp server. Beehive maintains the SendFile.NET client at a central “launch pad” Internet site but NOT the FTP servers. FTP is a distributed service, i.e. we don’t maintain one central server – it would be a bottleneck. It is almost always more efficient to move the files directly to the intended destination without an intermediate server. In version 3.5 of Beehive, you have a whole new option – NO FTP SERVER AT ALL! Now Beehive gives you the option of using a special Apache web server (https) to handle the file transfers. There are several reasons why this is a GOOD thing, but the primary is security. The https server is SSL-secure versus the ftp server which is clear channel. Clear channel means that the login connections use text and can be “sniffed out” by hackers. The Beehive version 3.5 solution ensures that logins never get sniffed and your site can’t get hacked.
