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Using FTP on VectorStar

Sorry, we do not currently offer any secure, encrypted alternatives to FTP. But we're working on it!

Users of VectorStar can log in and access their storage space by connecting by FTP to ftp.vectorstar.net. Use your username and password as normal.

When you first connect by FTP, you will start in your home directory. This is the space that you have access to write to. If you get lost navigating around, you can get back to your home directory by navigating to /home/(your username).

VectorStar's Public-access FTP files can be reached by users by navigating to the /pub directory when connected. Logged-in users are not subject to the bandwidth limits imposed on anonymous access.
Last Updated 1-5-2005.

Public (anonymous) FTP access

VectorStar offers anonymous FTP access for the sake of distributing and/or mirroring a number of software packages that we find useful. We also provide all of the code patches that we have developed for use on our production systems.

Like above, the ftp server is ftp.vectorstar.net. Only one anonymous FTP session may exist from a single host on the internet. The maximum transfer rate for an anonymous session is 10KB/sec. These caps are in place to discourage using us as a file source for large packages which can be found on other, faster servers around the internet.

Please note that some of our mirrors (like slackware and OpenBSD) are deliberately incomplete. These are mirrored for our own internal use.
Last Updated 2-11-2003.