Subj : Re: How do Search Engines Index Ftp sites?
To   : alt.bbs.internet,alt.bbs.synchronet,alt.bbs.sysop,alt.www.webmaster,comp.bbs.misc,comp.bbs.tbbs
From : Edward Alfert <ealfert@rootmode.com>
Date : Fri Dec 26 2003 01:32 pm

<snip>
> But if you stop
> allowing the directory browse and only make the files avilable via an
> Ftp server, can Google get in there on say an anonymous logon and
> spider the site? 

Maybe not google, but other search engines index ftp sites.  
www.alltheweb.com has a tab labeled..you guessed it... "FTP Search"

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