Of sorts yes. I just use scp instead of ftp. If you setup a debian (or other linux arm dist) on the HDD (per my instructions) setting up an ftp server would be trivial.

HOWEVER, if you are looking to pull the music off the central, an ftp server (or scp) is not the way to go. The mp3 files are numbered... They aren't named anything intuitive that you could see through an FTP client.

I think someone is updating jEmplode to support downloading mp3s from the central.

Alternately, I think TFabris has a script that will allow you to stream tunes to winamp.

Did that answer your question?

On the whole, I really like the central... It is well put together and is fairly easy to code for...