The minimal requirements for setting up the Filetransfer Appliance are
The recommended configuration for the Filetransfer Appliance are
The base operating system for the Filetransfer Appliance is OpenBSD which was selected for its security, general stability and overall quality. Installations on dedicated hardware, using the ISO image, requires that the system is compatible with OpenBSD. For general systems, there are rarely any problems as the OpenBSD hardware support is generally very good. Please see the OpenBSD hardware compatibility list for a complete list of supported hardware.
To operate the Filetransfer Appliance, a system with a recent browser is required.
| Browser type | Supported Version | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox 2+ | Requires a CA signed certificate from a public CA if used over https. Will likely work with older versions as well, but no testing is performed. |
| Internet Explorer | IE6+ | There are some visual glitches in IE6. Version 1.3 of the Filetransfer appliance will drop support for IE6. |
| Safari | Safari 3+ | Other webkit type browsers like Google Chrome will likely work as well, but are not tested |
| Others | Not tested | The Filetransfer Appliance tries to adhere to modern web standards. If the browser supports modern web standards, it's likely going to work |
| Browser Plugins | Comments |
|---|---|
| Adobe Flash | Adobe Flash version 9.0.28 or later is required to send files. |
When using the Filetransfer appliance with SSL/https connections, it's important to use a CA-signed certificate. There's an incompatibility between Firefox, Adobe Flash and invalid/self-signed certificates.
You will get a “Server(IO) Error” every time you upload a file in Firefox if the certificate is not valid. There's unfortunately no fixes that can be done with the Filetransfer appliance except installing a valid certificate. This only affects Firefox.
When evaluating the Filetransfer appliance, please install a 30 day demo certificate from RapidSSL to resolve this issue.
For production systems, any valid CA-signed certificate will work. Please see the Installing Certificates section for more information.