From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 7 23:31:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A71A91065672 for ; Thu, 7 Jan 2010 23:31:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djr@pdconsec.net) Received: from ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D7358FC12 for ; Thu, 7 Jan 2010 23:31:04 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApoEAPv9RUuWZcBC/2dsb2JhbADUT4QvBA Received: from goliath.pdconsec.net (HELO smtp.pdconsec.net) ([150.101.192.66]) by ipmail03.adl2.internode.on.net with SMTP; 08 Jan 2010 10:00:56 +1030 Received: from mail1.pdconsec.net ([192.168.1.41] helo=mail1.pdconsec.net) with IPv4:25 by smtp.pdconsec.net; 8 Jan 2010 10:35:06 +1100 Received: from smtp.pdconsec.net ([192.168.1.32] RDNS failed) by mail1.pdconsec.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 8 Jan 2010 10:30:38 +1100 Received: from [10.14.6.41] ([150.101.192.69] helo=[10.14.6.41]) with IPv4:25 by smtp.pdconsec.net; 8 Jan 2010 10:35:05 +1100 Message-ID: <4B466E9D.40806@pdconsec.net> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:30:37 +1100 From: David Rawling User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100106153507.GA37691@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20100106153507.GA37691@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Jan 2010 23:30:38.0046 (UTC) FILETIME=[6B1D67E0:01CA8FF1] Subject: Re: Setup FTP service on FreeBSD 2.0.5? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:31:05 -0000 On 7/01/2010 2:35 AM, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 06:20:53PM +0800, Paul Shi wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I am trying to find a way to setup a wireless network with a FreeBSD server >> machine running FTP service. The release of FreeBSD I intend to use is 2.0.5 >> but I could not find anything on how to setup FTP service on FreeBSD 2.0.5 >> in handbook. There are only howto on PPP and SLIP. Does anyone have a >> handbook on how to enable FTP service on FreeBSD 2.0.5? Millions thanks! >> > I haven't followed your whole thread, but is there a good reason > you want to use such an old version of FreeBSD? You would be > very seriously better off installing the latest version -- especially > if you plan to use the system on the internet. There have been many > many security fixes since 2.0.5 was around. It should not be > difficult to have access to the latest version in Hong Kong. > There may even be a mirror site there. > I definitely second this - unless there's an old application that doesn't work any more, it would certainly be easier and more secure to use the 7.2 or 8.0 releases of FreeBSD. After all, Internet or Intranet, it only takes one loathsome, dispicable, contemptible miscreant to find a security hole, and your entire server is toast. There appears to be a mirror site for FreeBSD in Hong Kong at ftp://ftp.hk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ Dave. -- David Rawling PD Consulting And Security Mob: +61 412 135 513 Email: djr@pdconsec.net