From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 24 23:39:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E84A16A482 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 23:39:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F35F43D64 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 23:39:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.101] (adsl-65-71-92-161.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net [65.71.92.161]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFDE4114307 for ; Wed, 24 May 2006 18:32:41 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 18:38:31 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <6B6CF4191FA8FD14F86DAB74@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> In-Reply-To: <44746E97.5070309@messias.qhigh.com> References: <44746E97.5070309@messias.qhigh.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.0 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========BB1DDA6A21CCC7522CE3==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: upload-only ftp server 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: Wed, 24 May 2006 23:39:47 -0000 --==========BB1DDA6A21CCC7522CE3========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On May 24, 2006 4:32:55 PM +0200 User Gandalf = wrote: > > Dear List, > > I would like to install an ftp server. Some of the users want to upload > files to the server. I would not like to start an ftp server at all, > because I'm too paranoid. But my users demand it. I looked at the ports > tree and I found many ftp servers. I cannot choose between them. Can you > recommend one for me? I only need one ftp user (possibly with a > password), and upload/list files only. The most important thing is > security, and the ability to handle passive transfers. > Is there a reason they can't use sftp? You're most likely already running=20 sshd, which means you already have sftp capabilities builtin. If the issue = is usability, there are a number of gui clients available for all platforms = (WinSCP for Windows, for example) that make the process painless. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========BB1DDA6A21CCC7522CE3==========--