CrushFTP server goes UB

Setting up FTP services on your Mac can be as simple as checking the "FTP" box in Sharing Preferences, if you don't care about anonymous access or maintaining a user list separate from your regular accounts. It can be as full-featured as running Rumpus or Mac OS X Server (both over $200), or as free as PureFTPd Manager (with an excellent walkthrough at MacDevCenter). Seems like there's an open middle of the market, no?

Now, the venerable CrushFTP has been revised to version 4.0; it offers a midrange, Universal Binary (and cross-platform Mac/Win/Linux) FTP server priced per connection ($30 for 10 concurrent users). Crush offers a fairly sophisticated console and Web management UI; both SFTP and WebDAV services along with FTP (great for rolling your own .mac replacement); granular bandwidth, user/group, and time window controls; automatic compression; and resumable downloads. If you're not interested in the nitty-gritty of PureFTPd config or the high cost of the pro solutions, the new Crush might be worth a look.

[via MacNN]