Specifications

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FTP Upload
Podcast Producer uses the ftp_upload_url mechanism as a last resort because it is not a
secure mechanism for uploading.
If the Podcast Producer system is deployed in a secure setting, there can be a
significant speed advantage to using FTP for uploading content because there is no
encryption overhead.
Important: The FTP user you define for the ftp_upload_url key must be a member of
the submissions_groupname group.
HTTPS CGI POST Upload
The https_upload_url mechanism performs a file-upload POST command to a CGI
script running on the Podcast Producer server (or on another server where the CGI is
configured).
Because the Apache instance that hosts the CGI scripts on Mac OS X Server v10.5 runs
as the _pcastserver user, the CGI script requires that _pcastserver be a member of the
submissions_groupname group.