| How is InterNEDI different from FTP?
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| For those of you not familar with FTP, here is a quick intro : Files are stored on a server by a system administrator who allows certain users to download them with a username/password combination. He is the only one who is allowed to send and delete on the server. Guest users are sometimes accommodated with restrictions.
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| FTP capabilities are a small subset of InterNEDI's capabilities. However, if you wish to dumb-down InterNEDI and use it as a substitute for FTP you can, but InterNEDI lets you do so much more:
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- Fully automated working.
- Charge users to receive files.
- Allow specific users to send files to the server, and charge them for the privilege if necessary.
- Users can be divided into groups, and then when someone sends a file, they can specify that the file be available only to another specific user, or a specific group, or all users.
- Receive confirmation of a file's having been received.
- Store files with the same name. With automated sending, files can be queued without overwriting previous files.
- Monitor the number of times your file/s have been received by other users.
- Files can contain short explanatory comments or longer cover notes.
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| • The "Killer" difference, in our view, is:
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| With InterNEDI, a user's permissions depend not on a username/password combination which is too easily given to friends and associates, allowing them the same privileges, but on a Unique Site ID. This ID is tied to the PC from which a user connects and is virtually impossible to duplicate, ensuring that only one user has a specific set of privileges.
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| These are just the most obvious differences between FTP and InterNEDI. There are many more. Please refer to List of Major Features and benefits for a comprehensive listing.
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