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Date:      Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:45:36 +0100
From:      turbo23 <turbo23@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Secure Servers (SMTP, POP3, FTP)
Message-ID:  <5.0.2.1.2.20010213144216.00a80210@mail.gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10102132032160.51860-100000@cache.bi.itb.ac. id>
References:  <xzpelx2zp8h.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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> > Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> writes:
> > > Hmm, the standard FreeBSD ftpd can run as a daemon. But how do you 
> control
> > > the number of active connections? With /etc/login.conf or something
> > > similar resource control (number of running processes)?
> >
> > Run ftpd from inetd like God intended and specify a maximum number of
> > concurrent instances in inetd.conf.
> >
>
>or maybe you like to run ftpd with tcp-server, from mr. djb.
>small, fast and easy to configure.

You can also run ftpd with xinetd. It can also handle maximum number of 
connections. IMHO it isn't as fast as Bernsteins tcp-server but it's more 
secure than inetd.




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